As the job market continues to improve and buyers move in on a limited supply of homes, home prices increased in July, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported Tuesday.
Read More »Senior Housing Demand Soars, But so do Chances of Oversupply
As the baby boomer generation edges closer to retirement age, housing demand for seniors is expected to increase, but could too much of a good thing mean oversupply?
Read More »Homebuyers Offered More Financial Options From Stock Market Volatility
The recent stock market fluctuations and seasonal trend changes may have homebuyers perplexed, but there is a silver lining, according to Realtor.com's First Look report for August 2015.
Read More »Fed Survey Finds Mortgage Demand Picks Up; Credit Also Loosening
Banks reported stronger demand for mortgage loans and eased lending standards in a number of categories, suggesting positive growth in the second half of the year, according to the Federal Reserve July 2015 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices.
Read More »Inventory Growth Guides Housing Market to Health
Recent housing indicators reveal signs of health in the housing market in July, according to Realtor.com’s ‘Advance Read of July Trends,' which draws on residential inventory and demand trends over the first three weeks of the month.
Read More »Study: Household Formations Now at Pre-Recession Levels
The study was conducted authored by Gary Painter, director of USC's Lusk Center for Real Estate, and doctoral candidate Jung Hyun Choi, to determine how long declines in household formation would last following a major economic shock such as a drop in employment that occurred during the recession.
Read More »Americans’ Economic Optimism Spills Over into Housing
Sixty-seven percent of American adults responding to Fannie Mae's January National Housing Survey said now is a good time to buy a home, the company reported Monday, while 44 percent said now is a good time to sell. Both figures are up from December, when positive responses were at 64 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
Read More »Mortgage Demand Fades Despite Easing Standards
Loosening mortgage standards in the last few months failed to spur demand from borrowers, according to responses in the Federal Reserve's latest Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey. Jibing with another recent survey from Fannie Mae, larger banks were about twice as likely to report easier standards in any given category as smaller institutions.
Read More »Homebuyer Demand Heats Up January Housing Market
Early January indicators suggest the housing market got off to a strong start in 2015, with inventory growth and increased demand driving growth in what's usually a chilly month for the sector.
Read More »Despite Challenges, Lenders Plan for Growth
In a review of its November survey of senior mortgage executives, Li-Ning Huang, Fannie Mae found that though respondents are concerned about compliance issues and weak borrower demand, most are still optimistic about the year ahead, particularly when it comes to their growth plans.
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