Moving at their slowest pace since February 2016, existing home sales slid for the fifth straight month, according to a report. Are rising prices the likely culprit for these numbers?
Read More »Why Home Sales Aren’t Living up to Their Potential
The market for existing home sales is underperforming its potential, according to a new report. Here are the factors that are impacting sales the most.
Read More »Why First-Time Buyers Command the Mortgage Market
First-time homebuyers are still crushing the mortgage market when compared with repeat buyers, according to a recent report. Here are the factors influencing their decision to buy in a highly competitive market.
Read More »Owners and Appraisers Agree on Home Values
Although they’ve clashed on valuations in the past, appraisers and homeowners are very nearly in agreement, a new study found. But there’s a single U.S. city where they’re seeing completely eye to eye.
Read More »Fannie Mae Weighs in on Housing and Economy
The 2018 full-year forecast for the economy was upgraded by Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Group. Here’s how housing fared in the forecast.
Read More »Predicting Housing Industry’s Growth in 2019
The industry expects fixed mortgages to climb over the coming year but think price growth will slacken, according to a recent survey. What else is in store for housing next year?
Read More »The Art of Finding ‘The One’
With competition super-heated for houses, most buyers are having to visit more than half a dozen dwellings—not including the ones they tour virtually online—before spotting their perfect pick, ...
Read More »Residential Prepayment Rates Picking Up ‘PACE’
Prepayment rates are accelerating among the residential property assessed clean energy originators, according to a report. Here are some factors that could be fanning that increase.
Read More »Ideal Home Features vs. School Districts
Although they figure prominently on most people’s amenity list, U.S. homebuyers will put the brakes on some “must-have” features if it means securing a home in a desirable school district, according to a report. Here’s what they’re willing to forego.
Read More »Not-So-Homegrown Home Sales
There’s international appeal in U.S. real estate, and, according to recent IRS data, certain countries seem especially smitten with it, Zillow Research reports. Back in 2015, non-resident foreigners ...
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