...the country are Seattle, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Portland, and Las Vegas. The markets that ranked high on the list featured the best combination of rising home prices, favorable affordability, and...
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Mortgage Applicants Not Motivated by Low Rates
...further, which would in-turn, help homebuyer affordability amid a tight supply of for-sale homes in many markets. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.62 percent with an average 0.6 point...
Read More »Ten-X: Inventory Troubles Will Continue to Limit Existing-Home Sales
...Executive Vice President Rick Sharga. "As demand appears to be growing–especially in certain geographies–prices are likely to rise, impacting affordability, and leaving homeownership just out of reach for many would-be...
Read More »Accelerating Prices, Low Inventory Drive Pending Home Sales Down
...to postpone buying decisions." Rising home values will hopefully encourage more homeowners to sell, but Yun believes "supply and affordability conditions won’t meaningfully improve until home builders start ramping up...
Read More »Rising Rents Motivate Homebuyers to Enter the Market
...the report said. With home price continuing their upward trek, affordability is a concern among 25 percent of those surveyed, down one percentage point from 26 percent in the fourth...
Read More »Here are the 5 Most Affordable Housing Markets
Slower growth in the housing market, including modest home price increases and falling interest rates, are diminishing the affordability issue it the U.S. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells...
Read More »The MReport Webcast: Tuesday 2/16/2016
Housing affordability has been a persistent issue in many real estate markets across the country since the housing crisis. With household income lagging and home prices continuing their upward climb,...
Read More »The Affordability Problem: New Home Demand Hinges on Wage Growth
Housing affordability has been a persistent issue in many real estate markets across the country since the housing crisis. With household income lagging and home prices continuing their upward climb,...
Read More »Affordability Still Holds Minorities Back from Homeownership
Since the housing crisis, minority borrowers have had trouble getting a mortgage loan or been completely locked out of the housing market due to affordability problems. Now, eight years into...
Read More »President Obama’s Final Budget Plan: Strengthen the Economy
...country, however, the rental affordability crisis has resulted in an increase in homelessness among families, according to HUD. “Today, we can celebrate historic successes in reducing homelessness in all its...
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