A report tracking contract interest rates for U.S. mortgages as well as total applications has just been released. Read here to find out which contract interest rates went up the most.
Read More »Metro Areas Ranked by Property Value Appreciation
An analytics firm has released a forecast showing an overall rise in U.S. property value. Certain metro areas are expected to appreciate faster, while some are even expected to suffer a decline. But where, and why? Read here to find out.
Read More »New Home Listings Positive Indicator for Inventory Woes
New data indicate that an increase in new home listings signal a softening of the inventory crunch in the housing market and might even be in the early stages of recovery. Here’s what an industry expert said.
Read More »Are Millennial Homebuyers Really Different?
A new report analyzed data on millennial homebuyers and found that millennials might not be as nomadic as they’re made out to be. Click through to learn what matters most to these buyers and why.
Read More »Homebuyers Optimistic Despite Affordability Fears
Despite perceptions of high home prices and rising mortgage rates that continued to weigh on their minds, homebuyers remained cautiously optimistic about the housing market according to a report by Fannie Mae. Here’s a break down of its findings.
Read More »What the Housing Market Learned from a Crisis
Experts point to potential problems that were not addressed in the housing and financial services industries after the Great Recession receded and the market rebounded, as well as ways to still address these problems before it is too late.
Read More »Is the Homebuying Market Softening?
A new report suggests that even as consumers remain confident about the overall economy, their confidence doesn’t extend to the housing market. Here are the factors that are challenging the growth of home sales.
Read More »Home Prices, Mortgage Rates, and Millennials
The majority of millennials living in their first home are ready to upgrade—but they remain where they are. Here’s the factors that are keeping them put in their starter homes.
Read More »The Development of Middle-Class Neighborhoods
A report shows what metropolitan areas the middle-class tends to concentrate in, and why. Click here to see where those areas are and what forces shape them.
Read More »The Top Cities for Millennials to Buy a Home
As more millennials look at entering the housing market, a new quarterly report looked at which cities are the most affordable on the pocket of young American homebuyers, while providing plenty of job opportunities. Here’s what it found.
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