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Survey: One-Third of Baby Boomers Declare They Will Never Sell Their Homes
Roughly two-thirds (67%) of baby boomer homeowners have lived in their home for 16-plus years. Continue Reading Survey: One-Third of Baby Boomers Declare They Will Never Sell Their Homes
Single-Family Housing Starts Inch Up, Permits in Decline
Single-family authorizations in May were at a rate of 898,000, a 2.7% below the revised April figure of 923,000. Continue Reading Single-Family Housing Starts Inch Up, Permits in Decline
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Q4 Investor Homebuying Activity at 8-Year Low
Investors purchased $36.5 billion worth of homes in the fourth quarter. Continue Reading Q4 Investor Homebuying Activity at 8-Year Low
Guest Opinion: Expanding Opportunities for the Construction of Starter Homes and Workforce Housing
Outdated land use and building regulations contribute significantly to the undersupply of housing and housing affordability challenges. Continue Reading Guest Opinion: Expanding Opportunities for the Construction of Starter Homes and Workforce Housing
Zillow: Late May is the Best Time to List a Home
Zillow noted the best time for listings varies among markets. Continue Reading Zillow: Late May is the Best Time to List a Home
Investors Are Easing Up on Home Buying in 2023. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing
Source: The Ascent --- Did you spend 2022 watching the housing market and shaking your head sadly? You've no doubt got company there. But as we head deeper into 2023, there is one tiny bright spot: Redfin recently released some predictions for the 2023 housing market,...
92% of millennial homebuyers say inflation has impacted their purchase plans, but most are plowing ahead anyway, study shows
Source: CNBC --- Millennials — who are roughly ages 27 to 42 — are in their prime homebuying years. While the combination of high home prices and rising interest rates has caused affordability issues for many buyers, the situation is gradually improving. The median...
Can Miami Beach Stay Hot After Covid? The Shore Club Redevelopment Might Hold the Answer.
Source: Mansion Global --- Architect Robert A.M. Stern is best known for designing buildings for the wealthiest New Yorkers. Some of the largest residential deals in the U.S. have been at his towers overlooking Manhattan’s Central Park. Now, Mr. Stern’s eponymous firm...
National home prices have further to fall, say 24 leading housing market researchers—while 5 firms think prices have bottomed
Source: Yahoo! Sports --- On Jan. 10, researchers at Goldman Sachs downgraded their outlook for the U.S. housing market in a paper titled "Getting worse before getting better." Instead of U.S. home prices falling 4.1% in 2023, which was their November call,...
Inflation and housing market: Decoding latest number
Source: Longview News Journal --- There’s good news on the inflation front: December marked the sixth straight month that the U.S. rate of inflation has decreased. According to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released Jan. 12, the Consumer...
Experts bash Goldman Sachs prediction of a 2008-level housing crash
Source: Axios --- A New York Post article reporting that Goldman Sachs has forecast a 2008-level housing crash in Phoenix sent ripples through the Valley's real estate industry last week. Yes, but: Local experts called the report "hyperbolic," "misleading" and "a...
Want to Buy a Home In 2023? 10 Cities to Consider
Source: The Ascent --- I'm sure a lot of people would love to forget about the state of the housing market in 2022, but unfortunately, we've probably still got a ways to go before things significantly improve from high prices and high mortgage rates. And since...
Top Overvalued U.S. Housing Markets
Source: US News --- In January 2020, when there was news of a novel coronavirus starting to circulate around the globe but no talk of disruptions to daily life in the U.S., the housing market was continuing to strengthen slowly. The median-price home was more...
National home prices have further to fall, say 24 leading housing market researchers—while 5 firms think prices have bottomed
Source: Fortune --- On Jan. 10, researchers at Goldman Sachs downgraded their outlook for the U.S. housing market in a paper titled “Getting worse before getting better.” Instead of U.S. home prices falling 4.1% in 2023, which was their November call, researchers at...
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman calls housing market ‘stronger than anyone could’ve hoped’
Source: Yahoo! News --- The housing market is coming off one of its most challenging years since the financial crisis, but signs of a turnaround are emerging early in 2023, according to Redfin (RDFN) CEO Glenn Kelman. "The market could still easily falter,"...
