Disasters have been making headlines recently after a pair of hurricanes—Fiona and Ian—caused damage in the territory of Puerto Rico and from Florida up the East Coast, but ...
Read More »Congressional Reps Discuss Equitable Access to Housing and Financing
Representatives Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) recently penned an open letter for Newsweek on how to make home ownership “inclusive and accessible for every American.” Himes, ...
Read More »Housing Inventory Holds Steady, Yet 600,000 Units Short
After posting gains this summer, for-sale inventory levels stalled in August growing at a fraction of the rate seen in recent months as sellers are more frequently choosing ...
Read More »Off-Season Shoppers Find More Options Amid Sparse Inventory
As the housing market tries to adapt to multiple external influences, the fall housing market is offering off-season shoppers more options this fall comparatively to 2021, as inventory ...
Read More »Experts: Buyers Will Return to Power in 2023
A new Zillow survey of 107 housing market experts and economists found one common thread where all respondents agreed: sellers will relinquish the recent control they have had ...
Read More »Volatile Mortgage Rates Cause More Than Stress
If one started looking for a home in July, that person has just endured the most volatile mortgage rate environment seen since 1987, when rates were trying to ...
Read More »Most Areas Report Declining Contract Activity
The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), which measures housing contract activity, again fell in August, the third month in a row and the ninth time it has fallen this ...
Read More »Redfin: 64,000 Buyers Cancelled Contracts in August
In another new sign of the times, roughly 64,000 home-purchase agreements fell through in August 2022 according to Redfin, a number equal to 15.2% of all homes that ...
Read More »Tumultuous Economic Conditions on Horizon After Recent Fed Move
According to new research from Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research Group (ESR), the housing market is expected to further cool as mortgage rates continue to rise and ...
Read More »August Rents Pull Back for First Time in Over a Year
As prices on everything increase across the board, more and more are turning to renting—either by circumstance or by choice. Renting has traditionally been the cheaper option for ...
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