U.S. Housing Market
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Where’s the Beef in Trump’s Housing Affordability Plans?
Is the Trump administration seriously addressing the lack of housing affordability? Continue Reading A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Where’s the Beef in Trump’s Housing Affordability Plans?
Mortgage Application Activity Remains Mostly Flat
“The government purchase index, which includes FHA, VA, and USDA applications, increased 9 percent and had the strongest week since 2023,” said MBA’s Joel Kan. Continue Reading Mortgage Application Activity Remains Mostly Flat
Mortgage Application Payments Increased in May
The national median mortgage payment for conventional loan applicants was $2,235, up from $2,206 in April and up from $2,226 in May 2024. Continue Reading Mortgage Application Payments Increased in May
Report: Affordable Homeownership Remains Mostly Elusive
California had 16 of the 25 counties where affordable homeownership requires the highest annual income. Continue Reading Report: Affordable Homeownership Remains Mostly Elusive
Pending Home Sales Up in May
“Consistent job gains and rising wages are modestly helping the housing market,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. Continue Reading Pending Home Sales Up in May
What buyers and sellers need to know for a real estate recession
Source: Fox 5 Atlanta --- By now, you've probably heard that the economy is not in great shape. Inflation is at a 40-year high, interest rates have doubled since early this year, and real estate prices have literally gone through the roof. But what does this all mean...
“Bank of Mom and Dad” Increasingly Turning to Reverse Mortgages for Downpayment Gifts
Source: Storeys --- The “Bank of Mom and Dad” — older homeowners who dip into their own wealth to help their Millennial-aged kids rustle up a home downpayment — has long been a presence in Canada’s housing market. In fact, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate...
Will Mortgages Get Less Expensive in 2023?
Source: The Motley Fool --- There's a reason so many potential home buyers have struggled to become property owners this year. Between limited inventory and soaring home prices, affordability issues and a lack of choices have forced many buyers to pause their...
Foreign Investors Continue to Seek Stability in U.S. Real Estate
Source: Wealth Management --- While inflation and geopolitical instability continue to create challenges for investors, they have also increased the attractiveness of U.S. commercial real estate as a “safe haven” for capital. Global investors today face goods news and...
How ‘Forever Renters’ Are Changing Real Estate As We Know It
Source: Forbes --- The cost of a home is at an all-time high in the United States. According to the National Association of REALTORS®, the median home price increased by 15% from last year. But how exactly is this housing market impacting millennials and Gen-Z?...
Housing inventory may not rebound for some time, despite slowing market
Source: Washington Business Journals --- Inventory has been a closely-watched metric of the U.S. housing market during, and leading up to, the Covid-19 pandemic.
US housing market in ‘deep recession’ as homebuilder confidence tanks: economist
Source: NY Post --- The US housing market is in the midst of a “deep recession” that could put pressure on the Federal Reserve to ease up on interest rate hikes, a prominent economist warned on Monday. Homebuilder confidence declined for the ninth straight month in...
Commercial Mortgages: Why apartment rental rates keep growing
Source: Richmond Times Dispatch --- Martha and the Vandellas probably were not singing about financial markets in their 1965 hit “Nowhere to run ... nowhere to hide,” but the song describes the feeling in the market for just about everyone. The possible exceptions...
Black millennials are trying to close the gap in homeownership
Source: AFRO.com --- Millennial buyers are the primary driver of Black homeownership in the U.S. Housing market right now. Many are leaving rental life behind to purchase their first home or investment property in pursuit of having equity and building wealth....
Cash still king as nearly a third of homebuyers spurn costly mortgages
Source: Inman --- All-cash home purchases in the U.S. hit 31.4 percent of all transactions in July 2022, just short of an eight-year high reached in February 2022, according to new data released Friday by Redfin.
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