A new report examines the ways remote work is influencing where Americans desire to live and what they are looking for in a home.
Read More »GSE Mortgage Volume Increases 132% YoY
Q4 mortgage demand remained strong, as the volume for GSE acquisitions increased considerably year-over-year.
Read More »Millennials Leading the Homebuying Charge
Home prices were on the rise in March with the spring 2021 homebuying season in full bloom.
Read More »Housing Demand Hastens Sales
Tight inventory combined with high demand is resulting in a reduction in the time a home spends on the market as the nation’s short supply is being consumed at a record pace.
Read More »Newly-Constructed Homes Account for 25% of Q1 Listings
Low mortgage rates and surging homebuyer demand, combined with low existing homes for sale is increasing the share of new construction nationwide.
Read More »Financing the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
Recent research shows how overly complicated funding can create administrative costs and other inefficiencies that work against the LIHTC’s goals of stretching subsidies to house more people.
Read More »Homebuyers’ Desires, Needs, and Aspirations Are Evolving
What do Americans want in a home? COVID-19 has led to a change in the ways consumers might answer that question. Some obvious responses—space, comfort, bigger yards, simpler ...
Read More »Studying the Relationship Between Homebuying and Wealth
A new study explores how differences in home purchase prices can lead to further wealth gaps through equity in homeownership.
Read More »Can Increasing Home Equity Lead to More Listings?
Typically, equity and the 'wealth effect" prompts homeowners to sell, but an economists explains why things might be different in today's market.
Read More »Market Update: Inventory Shrinks, Prices Increase
Without more homeowners listing, buyers are scrambling to compete for the limited number of homes on the market, economists say, driving prices up to new heights.
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