In 2017, 34.9 million Americans changed residence. At 10.9 percent household mobility rate, that the lowest moving rate that has been seen around the U.S. since the Census ...
Read More »Low Inventory Might Slow the Pace of Home Sales
Pending home sales inched up 0.5 percent during the year according to the Pending Home Sales Index released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Wednesday. The ...
Read More »Study Says: Inventory Decline Resulted in Fewer Offers
Fewer listings and therefore fewer offers marked the end of 2017 for the housing market according to data on housing demand from online real estate brokers, Redfin that ...
Read More »It’s Not Only Demand That’s Raising Home Prices
Home prices continued to rise three times faster than the rate of inflation, showing year over year increase in prices of 5 percent or more for 16 straight ...
Read More »2017 Showed Growth for Single Family Housing Construction
New construction starts in December climbed 12 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $733.3 billion, bouncing back from November’s 12 percent decline, according to a report ...
Read More »Top 10 Hottest Neighborhoods of 2018
San Jose, California has emerged as the hottest city to live in, with nine of the top 10 hottest neighborhoods in the U.S. located in this tech hub, ...
Read More »New Study Examines Buyer Purchasing Power
The housing prices show no sign of falling. Yet, according to the Real House Price Index released by First American Financial Corporation (First American) on Monday, the home ...
Read More »Living it Up: High Demand Fuels Luxury Home Prices
Life's a beach for the luxury homes market which ended December with a year over year increase of 7.4 percent to an average of 1.76 million in the ...
Read More »The Economy’s Great—Why Is Housing a Problem?
Millennial buyers are in once of the best economies in decades, but they still can’t find houses to buy. And the problem isn’t a fondness for avocado toast.
Read More »New Home Sales Continue Upward Trend
New home sales were up in 2017, according to new data. Not only did they jump about 8 percent across the entire year, but December alone marked a 14-percent rise from one year prior.
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