...months leading up to November, which had seen improved affordability for homebuyers. "We saw a widespread decrease in affordability in November, as all but three of the 43 major markets...
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Top 10 Healthiest Housing Markets in U.S.
...markets are determined by: stability, affordability, fluidity, and risk of loss. Stability was gauged based upon two equally-weighted measures: the number of years residents typically stayed in their homes and...
Read More »By Any Measure, Home Prices are Way Up
...concern over affordability, according to NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. “Housing affordability for both buying and renting remains a pressing concern because of another year of insufficient home construction,” Yun...
Read More »Fannie Mae Backs Up Blackstone
...very least the arrangement with Invitation Homes should contain provisions that strengthen protections for tenants living in these homes, support affordability, and prohibit the predatory rent-to-own and installment contract arrangements...
Read More »Slide Doesn’t Dampen Year for Existing Sales
...since NAR began tracking the data in 1999. “Housing affordability for both buying and renting remains a pressing concern because of another year of insufficient home construction,” said Yun. “Given...
Read More »What is Holding Down Housing Inventory?
...affordability for both buying and renting remains a pressing concern because of another year of insufficient home construction," NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said. "Given current population and economic growth...
Read More »Realtors Show Bright Outlook for Sales and Demand
...buyers to qualify for a mortgage was their biggest worry. Adding to that, 26 percent of realtors said that affordability was the thing that worried them the most. “Inventory concerns...
Read More »Uncertainty Tempers Economic and Housing Forecast
...affordability standing out as the industry’s greatest obstacle,” said Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan. “Demographic factors, however, are positive. Our research shows that older millennials have begun to buy...
Read More »Housing Starts: Strongest Year Since 2007
...trend for housing affordability in those areas.” McLaughlin stated, “While some of the challenges that homebuilders face are cyclical, stemming from an historically abhorrent fiscal recovery from that started with...
Read More »Rising Mortgage Rates Leave First-Time Buyers Timid
...really dependent on financing and affordability is one of their largest barriers to home ownership. This number could continue to decline with anticipated increases in interest rates and home prices.”...
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