...price jumped 6.1 percent over Q2. According to NAR’s Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability report for the Q3 2017, the nation’s median home price is now $254,000—up from $241,300...
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Industry Leaders Address Housing Finance, Affordability, and Supply
On Wednesday, the Urban Institute and CoreLogic hosted the 5th Annual Housing Finance Symposium with this year's theme being "Housing Finance, Affordability, and Supply in the Digital Age". Questions posed...
Read More »U.S. Home Price Gains Seemingly Unstoppable
...“Home prices will not rise forever,” he said. “Measures of affordability are beginning to slide, indicating that the pool of buyers is shrinking. The Federal Reserve is pushing short-term interest...
Read More »Top 10 Markets for Homebuyers Considering Simplicity
...petite places from which to choose, which ones are the cream of the affordable small-town crop? WalletHub analysts scoured 1,268 cities across five key dimensions: affordability, economic health, education and...
Read More »The Least Affordable Cities in North America
...from PropertyShark’s MLS database for the U.S. CREA and Local Real Estate Associations for Canada, and the Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal for Mexico. To measure affordability, Point2Homes calculated an affordability ratio...
Read More »How Are Existing Home Sales Faring?
...the slowest since last December, 4.5 percent, would improve affordability conditions and be good news for the would-be buyers who have been held back by higher prices this year,” said...
Read More »Home Values Disconnecting from Construction Costs
...in some of the expensive coastal cities, but they are nevertheless experiencing reduced affordability.” Meanwhile, less land means less opportunity to build homes, whether it’s because of the lack of...
Read More »Top 5 Markets for Single-Family Housing
...in the nation—and ranking them based on strong buyer demand, home price appreciation, strong affordability, and economic and demographic growth. The U.S. housing market is struggling to see sales progress...
Read More »Americans Moving to the Suburbs
Politics and affordability are causing Americans to relocate, according to data released Friday by Redfin. In the first half of 2017, 7.4 percent more people moved out of blue (Democratic)...
Read More »What TRID Did: A Mortgage Insurer’s Perspective
...are also aiding in the creation of comprehensive plans to enhance housing affordability and access. Effective scaling happens through frequent data integration. A key component of the GSEs’ duty to...
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