U.S. Housing Market
Mortgage Credit Availability Increases for Fifth Straight Month
“Mortgage credit availability increased for the fifth consecutive month to its highest level since 2022,” said MBA’s Joel Kan. Continue Reading Mortgage Credit Availability Increases for Fifth Straight Month
North Carolina House Leader Creates Committee to Devise Property Tax Reforms
A recent study from the Tax Foundation ranked North Carolina 36th highest property taxes in the nation. Continue Reading North Carolina House Leader Creates Committee to Devise Property Tax Reforms
Del Webb Breaks Ground on 55+ Community in Austin Suburb
The completed project will encompass over 500 residences to be built across 323 acres. Continue Reading Del Webb Breaks Ground on 55+ Community in Austin Suburb
Georgia’s Fulton County Proposes 12.5% Property Tax Hike to Finance Jail Upgrades
“We have mandated expenses to fix the inhumane conditions there,” said Commissioner Dana Barrett. Continue Reading Georgia’s Fulton County Proposes 12.5% Property Tax Hike to Finance Jail Upgrades
Tech Trends: In Pursuit of User-Friendly Solutions
This week’s edition of Tech Trends offers four new solutions designed to make life easier for home sellers, property managers, and real estate investors. Continue Reading Tech Trends: In Pursuit of User-Friendly Solutions
‘No One Wants To Catch a Falling Knife’: What To Expect in the Housing Market for the Rest of 2022
Source: Realtor.com --- What a difference just a few months can make. As the year comes to a close, the red-hot housing market has been brought to its knees by soaring mortgage interest rates. It now appears to be in a standoff as just about everyone suddenly feels...
Here’s why it may take a while for housing inflation to cool off
Source: CNBC --- There are signs inflation may fall further in coming months, but housing threatens to mute any improvement. The consumer price index, a key barometer of inflation, rose 7.7% in October from a year ago. While still quite high by historical standards,...
Dallas Housing Market Will Surge in 2024, Says NAHB Economist Rob Dietz at Home Builders Summit
Source: Candy's Dirt --- The country is already in the midst of a “mild recession,” but local job growth is outstanding and inflation has peaked, an economist told Dallas builders last week. National Association of Home Builders Chief Economist Rob Dietz emphasized...
Here’s why Home Depot and Lowe’s are booming in a housing market bust
Source: CNBC--- As the U.S. housing market falls hard from its pandemic-driven highs, home improvement retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s don’t seem to be feeling the same pain. In fact, they’re faring better than expected. While homebuilding and home remodeling are...
KPMG: The Pandemic Housing Bubble is bursting—U.S. home prices falling 15% looks ‘conservative’
Source: Yahoo! Finance --- It didn't take long for white-collar professionals in 2020 to realize that expanded work-from-home policies meant they could buy real estate pretty much anywhere. Vacation markets went gangbusters. Exurbs got red-hot, as did so-called Zoom...
The Latest Inflation Numbers Are Good News for Mortgage Rates
Source: Money --- Hope for relief from rapidly rising mortgage rates was revived this week when October inflation numbers came in lower than expected. Consumer prices continued to increase last month but at a slower pace than at any other point this year. The latest...
It’s a terrible time to buy a house. Here’s what to know if you have to do it anyway
Source: CNN Business --- There is no sugarcoating it: This is a terrible time to buy a home. Mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed rate loan are now hovering above 7%, more than 4 percentage points higher than a year ago. That has slashed a typical buyer’s purchasing...
Eagle County Real Estate Market Report: Reason for optimism in uncertain times
Source: Vail Daily --- Media headlines are generating uncertainty around the local and national housing market, and lower inventory coupled with higher inflation and interest rates have created a pause in the residential real estate market. Depending on whom you...
Q&A: What Data Tells Us About Rural Housing Cost Burdens
Source: The Daily Yonder --- Lance George is the Housing Assistance Council’s director of research and information, an arm of that nonprofit which seeks to generate and improve access to reliable data about rural housing trends nationwide. Since 2020, a lot of airtime...
Here’s how affordable housing fared on midterm ballots
One housing affordability measure made it on a statewide ballot in this year’s midterm elections amid a nationwide housing crisis that has left the U.S. short at least a million homes — and it is projected to pass narrowly. Continue Reading Here’s how affordable housing fared on midterm ballots
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