U.S. Housing Market
Report: Typical Household Needs 7 Years to Save for a Down Payment
In many expensive coastal metros, saving for a typical down payment can take 20 to more than 35 years. Continue Reading Report: Typical Household Needs 7 Years to Save for a Down Payment
Pending Home Sales Up 3.3%
On a regional measurement, pending home sales were up month-over-month and year-over-year in the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West. Continue Reading Pending Home Sales Up 3.3%
Mid-Atlantic Home Sales Decline While Higher-End Properties Fuel Median Price Upswing
By the end of July, there were 23,804 listings available for sale across the Bright MLS service area, a 26.2% year-over-year spike. Continue Reading Mid-Atlantic Home Sales Decline While Higher-End Properties Fuel Median Price Upswing
Trump Hints at Merged Fannie-Freddie with November Listing on NYSE
Trump has recently met at the White House with several chief executives at major banks to discuss strategies for the privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Continue Reading Trump Hints at Merged Fannie-Freddie with November Listing on NYSE
Report: Cash-Out Refinances Fuels Most Refinancing Activity
The report also found tappable equity hit another record high during the second quarter. Continue Reading Report: Cash-Out Refinances Fuels Most Refinancing Activity
Homebuyer.com Ranks “Most Affordable Cities For First-Time Home Buyers” Using Real-Time Mortgage & Housing Data
Feb. 9, 2023 (Staff Writer)- Homebuyer.com, the mortgage company for first-time home buyers, ranks home affordability in more than 800 U.S. cities using real-time mortgage and housing market data. Using public and private data sources, Homebuyer.com performed...
Buyers are getting more for their money as home shopping season approaches
Feb. 9, 2023 (Staff Writer)- Home buyers' mortgage payments have started stretching a bit further in recent months, a new Zillow® analysis shows. As mortgage rates doubled last year, the home price afforded by a $3,000 payment1 plummeted from $865,000 in...
U.S. FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE ANNUALLY FOR 21 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS
Feb. 9, 2023 (Staff Writer)- ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, today released its January 2023 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 31,557 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices,...
Ousted WeWork founder Adam Neumann reveals more about his new real estate venture, Flow
Feb. 9, 2023 (Staff Writer)- Adam Neumann, 43, has described how his new company, Flow, will transform how people interact with their homes and give them with a sense of ownership even though they're renting. To illustrate the idea, he said tenants would plunge their...
MRI Survey Reveals What Renters Want: Green Practices, Digital Interactions, Luxury Amenities, and Future Homeownership
Feb. 8, 2023 (Staff Writer)- The PropTech firm MRI Software has good news for landlords and property managers: They can easily make renters happy by adopting green practices and digital communications. Additionally, luxury amenities earned top spots on...
DLA Piper’s Trachtenberg: Transaction volume isn’t going to be stale forever
Source: RE Journals --- Law firm DLA Piper recently released its 2022 Year-End Real Estate Trends Report. One of the more interesting findings? Transactional volume handled by DLA Piper’s real estate group soared in the first half of 2022, nearly doubling the volume...
Goldman Sachs makes a bold housing market call
Source: Yahoo! --- The U.S. housing market might finally be nearing the bottom. At least that's according to Goldman Sachs. Just two weeks after Goldman Sachs downgraded its outlook for the U.S. housing market in a paper titled Getting Worse Before Getting Better, the...
Will the housing market crash in the US in 2023? Here’s what the experts say
Source: AS --- The housing market is down from its peak in the summer of 2022 cooled by rising borrowing rates and many previously red-hot markets being overvalued. But will the US see a housing market crash in 2023? While the general downturn is expected to continue,...
The Most Undervalued Housing Markets in the U.S.
Source: US News --- During the earliest months of 2020, prior to pandemic-related lockdowns in the U.S., the housing market was continuing to gain strength on the back of a solid but slow-growing economy with low unemployment. In January of that year, thanks to a...
6 leading real estate economists and pros on what to expect from the housing market this winter
Source: Market Watch --- Some aspiring homebuyers are in for some much-needed relief. “Right now might appear more appealing to some buyers because, recently, the housing market has been cooling. Prices are dropping in many areas, housing supply is rising, sellers are...
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