A study found that the annualized return on home sales in the nation’s 100 largest metros ranges from 2 percent to 14 percent. Here’s a look at the metros that top the list. Hint: Homeowners in the Northeast stand to gain the most.
Read More »While Home Sales Lag, Demand Grows
Sales of existing homes decreased for the third straight month in June, despite strong homebuyer demand. Will the existing-home sales numbers offer an opportunity for homebuilders constructing new homes meet this demand?
Read More »Freddie Weighs in on Housing Market Growth
A new Freddie Mac report suggests that the inventory pinch could subside if there was new construction. How will the growth in inventory impact home sales?
Read More »Owning a Home vs. Buying Difficulties
American homeowners don't seem to like the buying process, a new study finds. Click through to learn which generation of homeowners found the journey from being a homebuyer to an owner most difficult.
Read More »Why Are Existing Home Sales Underperforming?
There’s a persisting gap between actual existing home sales and their potential in an otherwise robust housing market, according to a report. Here are the factors responsible for the gap and ways to bridge it.
Read More »The Crucial Factor Impacting the U.S. Housing Market
A recent housing and mortgage market report looks at a “simple but powerful fact” that’s impacting the housing market today. What is the significance of this factor, especially in a market that is seeing a rapid rise in home prices?
Read More »Can Younger Homebuyers Reach the Ownership Milestone?
Most generations agree on the ideal age to buy a first home. But reality can be a big bump in the road to planning for one for many homebuyers. A new survey gives some insight.
Read More »What’s Holding Back Housing Starts?
The latest data on housing starts released by the Census Bureau was disappointing for many analysts. Here are the factors that experts think are impacting the construction of new homes despite a strong construction labor market and rising builder confidence.
Read More »Housing Affordability vs. Mortgage Payments
Despite waning affordability, principal and interest mortgage payment commitments by homebuyers are lower than their pre-crisis peaks in some of the priciest housing markets. A study explains the factors impacting a "typical mortgage payment" in these markets.
Read More »A Portrait of Successful Homebuyers
What does the homebuyer in 2018 look like, especially in competitive markets? A report sought to answer this question and here’s what it found.
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