The Home Buying Institute’s latest analysis of the housing market moving forward predicts that home prices will continue their ascent for the rest of the year and into ...
Read More »Volume of Homes with Mortgage Falling
In the same period of time where the value of the U.S. housing market has reached an all-time high, the amount of homeowners with mortgages is falling. What is causing the shift?
Read More »Studying First-Time Homebuyers
For the first time, the annual growth rate in home sales to first-time buyers under performed the single-family housing market, as first-time buyers purchased 4% fewer homes in ...
Read More »Tenure Length Increasing for Homeowners
First American Financial Corporation is reporting that tenure length has increased year-over-year by 11% in July and has caused the loss of nearly 450,000 potential home sales—a monthly ...
Read More »Midwest is the King of Affordability
Metros in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania are among the most affordable. How much do you need to make, though, to live on the West Coast?
Read More »Housing Market in California Far From Golden
The Orange County Register reports that although home prices in California may be stabilizing, the Golden State faces a “severe housing crisis.” According to the report, just 30% ...
Read More »Amazon’s Impact on Virginia’s Housing Market
Amazon’s HQ2 has caused a housing boom in Virginia, as the two closest cities to the Crystal City-headquarters—Alexandria and Arlington—are the two most competitive markets in the nation, ...
Read More »Prospective Homebuyers Shying Away From the Housing Market
Just 12% of adults are considering buying a home over the next 12 months, according to a poll by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The latest ...
Read More »Housing Inventory Takes a Hit in Q2
Redfin reports that the supply of new homes saw its largest decline in almost six years, falling 1% in Q2 2019. “When there’s a shift in the market, ...
Read More »The Impact of Student Debt on Housing
J.P. Morgan Chase reports that student debt has doubled in the past 10 years to $1.5 trillion in 2018—second only to mortgage debt—and impacts 45 million borrowers. “Although ...
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