On Tuesday, January 19 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. CST, the American Mortgage Diversity Council will host a panel of experts in workplace diversity and inclusion. Registration for the webinar ...
Read More »Tracking and Analyzing 2020’s Real Estate Trends
A study delves into the three most-relevant housing-market patterns to surface in a world impacted by a national health crisis.
Read More »The Surge in Sight-Unseen Property Purchases
Economists say the increased use of live-video home tours, coupled with more people relocating, is "here to stay," and the majority of homebuyers in 2021 will make offers before seeing a house in person.
Read More »DS5: Preserving Property Amid a Pandemic
In this week’s episode of DS5: Inside the Industry, Joe Iafigliola, CFO of Safeguard Properties, discussed how Safeguard has adjusted to the challenges of the past year, and ...
Read More »Predicting the Housing Market’s Reaction to a Vaccine Rollout
With the wide distribution of a COVID-19 inoculation, pandemic-induced trends—such as very low interest rates and suburban migration, to name a couple—could begin to reverse.
Read More »Factors That Will Impact Home Price Growth in 2021
Economists look at two “critical threats to housing affordability” as we wrap up a year of heightened demand and lean inventory.
Read More »Affordability Has Increased for Many Median-Income Buyers
A Q4 report reveals how construction trends, migration, and low interest rates are making the American Dream attainable for many, even as home prices rise.
Read More »Jobs Report Reflects ‘Economic Divide’ Caused by Pandemic
The employment report for December 2020 showed a loss of 140,000 jobs in December, the first decline since April, according to Friday's Employment Situation Summary from the Bureau of ...
Read More »Despite Low Mortgage Rates, Applications Fell ‘Sharply’
While this sort of decline is typical during holiday weeks, what do economists predict for the market as we head into 2021?
Read More »An ‘Extraordinary’ Rise in House Prices: Causes and Implications
The "extraordinary" rise of house prices during a pandemic is "a major event that should not be shrugged off or ignored," a former Freddie Mac CEO explains.
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