U.S. Housing Market
Refinancing Action Fuels 30% Surge in Mortgage Application Activity
The Refinance Index ascended by 58% from the previous week and was 70% higher than the same week one year ago. Continue Reading Refinancing Action Fuels 30% Surge in Mortgage Application Activity
Single-Family Housing Starts Down by 7%
Privately-owned housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.30 million, an 8.5% decline from the revised July estimate of 1.42 million. Continue Reading Single-Family Housing Starts Down by 7%
Pennsylvania Home Sales Up 11%
April’s median sales price of $295,000 was up 3.5% month-over-month and up 7% since the beginning of the year. Continue Reading Pennsylvania Home Sales Up 11%
MBA Chief: Trump Team ‘Understands Housing and Real Estate Finance’
MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit praised the administration’s focus on deregulation. Continue Reading MBA Chief: Trump Team ‘Understands Housing and Real Estate Finance’
Mortgage Application Activity Slows Down
The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 5.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. Continue Reading Mortgage Application Activity Slows Down
The U.S. Has Lost 58 ‘Million-Dollar’ Cities Since the Housing Market Peaked Last July
Source: Yahoo! Finance --- In this article: There are currently 464 U.S. cities where the typical home value is $1 million or more. There were 522 at the housing market’s peak last July. There are 190 of these “million-dollar” cities in California alone, more than...
The housing market just took a turn, and international buyers are back
Source: Fast Company --- From the rolling hills of Portugal’s Douro Valley to the Andean foothills of Argentina, there is a common dream among the international luxury consumer—owning a property in the United States. It might be a modern mansion amid Hollywood’s...
Investment Conditions in Multifamily Apartments Continue to Fall in the Fourth Quarter of 2022
The Freddie Mac Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index® (AIMI®) fell by 7.6% in the fourth quarter of 2022, with the index down 25.8% year over year. AIMI decreased nationwide and in all 25 markets quarterly and annually, driven primarily by rising mortgage...
Hispanic Homeownership Growth Continues Eight-Year Trajectory
The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals released the 2022 State of Hispanic Homeownership Report recently, which examines the progress made in the last year toward the organization’s mission of increasing sustainable Hispanic homeownership. ...
Housing Market in ‘Tug of War’ as Prices Continue to Drop Across U.S.
Source: Newsweek --- By mid-2022, as mortgage rates suddenly more than doubled, most housing experts predicted that the booming market would finally cool down, after two years of high demand, skyrocketing home prices, and low inventory heated up the market so much...
Homeowners Look to Alternative Loans to Combat Rising Interest Rates
Mortgage rates ticked up again in February after a brief respite, showing once again just how rate-sensitive the market continues to be, according to the latest Originations Market Monitor report from Black Knight. "Conforming rates dipped below 6% early in...
CoreLogic and KPMG make bold housing market calls: One says U.S. home prices are bottoming while the other foresees a sharper correction
Source: Yahoo! Life --- For 124 consecutive months, spanning from the bottom of the housing crash in February 2012 through the top of the Pandemic Housing Boom in June 2022, national home prices as measured by the seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller National Home Price...
The Number of ‘Million-Dollar’ Cities in the U.S has Dropped by Nearly 10% in the Last Six Months
The U.S. has lost 58 "million-dollar" cities — cities where the typical home is worth $1 million or more — since the housing market peaked last July, a new Zillow analysis shows. In the six months after the peak, the typical home in million-dollar cities lost an...
Top 10 U.S. Housing Markets Most At-Risk of Downturns in Q4 2022
Source: ATTOM --- According to ATTOM’s newly released Q4 2022 Special Housing Risk Report, inland California, Illinois, New Jersey, and Delaware continued to have some of the highest concentrations of the most-at-risk markets in the country. The report shows the...
Most Popular Second Home Markets Across The U.S.
Source: Forbes --- While the real estate boom of 2021 and 2022 may be calming down, the effects of the pandemic-fueled buying frenzy have proven long-lasting in many parts of the country—in particular for second home and vacation markets that emerged as buyers sought...
