After posting gains this summer, for-sale inventory levels stalled in August growing at a fraction of the rate seen in recent months as sellers are more frequently choosing ...
Read More »Average Homebuyer’s Mortgage Payment Up 15% Since August
The typical homebuyer’s monthly mortgage payment has climbed $337 —or 15%— over the past six weeks to a new high of $2,547, according to a new report from ...
Read More »ALTA Reports Slip in Title Premium Volume During Q2
The title insurance industry generated an overall $6.21 billion in title insurance premiums during the second quarter of 2022 compared to $6.54 billion during the same period a year ago, according ...
Read More »HUD and Census Bureau Unveil Latest American Housing Survey
The American Housing Survey covers a wide range of housing topics, offering insight into the composition and quality of the nation's housing stock, rents, mortgages, and other housing costs. HUD and the Census Bureau discuss further details here.
Read More »Homeownership Remains ‘Historically’ Unaffordable in Most of U.S.
ATTOM has released its Q3 2022 U.S. Home Affordability Report showing that median-priced single-family homes and condos remain less affordable in Q3 of 2022 compared to historical averages ...
Read More »Off-Season Shoppers Find More Options Amid Sparse Inventory
As the housing market tries to adapt to multiple external influences, the fall housing market is offering off-season shoppers more options this fall comparatively to 2021, as inventory ...
Read More »Experts: Buyers Will Return to Power in 2023
A new Zillow survey of 107 housing market experts and economists found one common thread where all respondents agreed: sellers will relinquish the recent control they have had ...
Read More »Housing Affordability Continues Rapid Annual Decline
First American Financial Corporation, a premier provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions and the leader in the digital transformation of its industry, today released ...
Read More »Volatile Mortgage Rates Cause More Than Stress
If one started looking for a home in July, that person has just endured the most volatile mortgage rate environment seen since 1987, when rates were trying to ...
Read More »Most Areas Report Declining Contract Activity
The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), which measures housing contract activity, again fell in August, the third month in a row and the ninth time it has fallen this ...
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