Eschewing the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. home sellers saw their profits skyrocket last year as prices scaled to new records, according to ATTOM Data Solutions, which released its Year-End ...
Read More »Could Pandemic Financial Setbacks Lead to Homeownership for Some?
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countless changes in every sector, and the home shopping environment is no exception. For some first-time homebuyers, many of whom had to move ...
Read More »Home Prices Spike Nationwide
Researchers say the "acceleration has been slowing but annual gains now outpace the prior housing boom."
Read More »Mortgage Applications Dipped Last Week
Large declines in government purchase applications and refinance applications pulled overall activity lower. Economists call this "a sign that borrowers are increasingly more sensitive to higher rates."
Read More »Industry Groups React to Janet Yellen’s Treasury Secretary Confirmation
Leaders in the housing industry say they are looking forward to working with the new Secretary, whose confirmation they hope “bodes well for the housing market." Here is what else they have to say.
Read More »Biden Addresses Housing Inequality Via Executive Order
This is a first step toward helping all Americans access safe, high-quality housing, said Acting HUD Secretary Matthew E. Ammon, “and the chance to build wealth that comes through homeownership."
Read More »Optimism Returns with Homebuyers In Tow
The circumstances of 2020 may have halted many people’s dreams of owning their first home or upgrading, but 2021 seems to be putting those people back on their path.
Read More »Report Shows Biggest Housing Market Gains in 15 Years
Researchers expect even more growth in 2021 as sustained demand pushes home values higher. Click through for more highlights from this year-end report.
Read More »New Highs for Existing Home Sales
Amid historically low inventory of for-sale homes, buyer demand keeps outpacing the previous year’s—economists say that pressure on home prices is going to fuel home price growth in the first half of 2021.
Read More »Why Local Homebuyers Can’t Compete With Out-of-Towners
Transplants and their higher budgets are making it difficult for locals to compete, agents say.
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