Market Studies

Existing home sales had a less than promising performance in August, but Auction.com's Real Estate Nowcast projects that they will pick back up in September. Realtor.com also predicts that lower prices and less competition will shift the housing market from seller's favor to buyer's.

Home prices across the country increased again in July 2015, rising 4.7 percent year-over-year compared to a 4.5 percent increase recorded the prior month. according to S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.

Interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased three basis points from 4.02 percent in July to 3.99 percent in August for loans closed at the end of August, according to a index from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

A brief on the National Mortgage Risk Index and other risk measures Monday from the American Enterprise Institute International Center on Housing Risk revealed strong results for the housing market in August 2015 as mortgage credit loosened.

The National Association of Realtors found pending home sales fell in August as contract signings modestly declined, but they still project healthy supply and demand and price growth.

As American cities rebound and develop after years of disinvestment, rising housing costs are excluding lower-income residents, and inclusionary housing could be the only solution to ensure that cities remain integrated.

Mortgage rates lowered to 3.86 percent for the week ending September 24, 2015 after the Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates near zero last week.

Pro Teck's Home Value Forecast found that in markets like San Francisco and Detroit are experiencing different recoveries and one reason for this is the credit availability.

The majority of metro housing markets are showing signs of health, which will make for sustainable growth in the near-term, according to Nationwide's Health of Housing Markets Report.

As more consumers catch up on their mortgage payments, employment progresses, and home prices rebound, the housing market continues to improve and exhibit more stability.