"A greater relative share of first-time buyers is filling the gap, and they're competing against each other for the limited number of affordable starter homes on the market," said Zillow Senior Population Scientist Manny Garcia.
Read More »Which Markets Defied Q2’s Home Price Bump?
"Just like the weather, large local market variations exist despite the minor change in the national home price," NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said.
Read More »Existing-Home Sales Get Minor Boost, Unsold Inventory Reaches Three-Month Supply
Based on the current rate of sales, May’s inventory of unsold existing homes grew 3.8% from April to just over 1 million units, equivalent to three months of supply.
Read More »Low Inventories Creating Home Price Sensitivity
"Generally speaking, home prices are lower in expensive markets and higher in affordable markets, implying greater mortgage rate sensitivity for high-priced homes," said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.
Read More »Affordability Is Not Only Consideration First-Time Buyers Make
All of the top-10 ranked cities for first-time buyers had ample inventory, short commutes, and more restaurants than average.
Read More »First-Time Homebuyers Return to Market in Droves
"First-time buyers now appear to be making relative gains as high mortgage interest rates disproportionately encourage current homeowners to stay put," said Manny Garcia, Zillow Population Scientist.
Read More »BofA Launches Program to Help Clear Hurdles for Minority Homeowners
Bank of America announced its Community Affordable Loan Solution, as a new Special Purpose Credit Program that introduces zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgage solution for first-time ...
Read More »Overcoming Housing Affordability Hurdles
Cake Mortgage CEO David Abelyan shares his perspective on what needs to be done in the market to help alleviate the affordability issue, and what products are ideal to assist first-time buyers.
Read More »The Median Home Now Costs a Record $416,000
The National Association of Realtors’ latest Existing Home Sales Report shows that home prices have now increased for 124 consecutive months.
Read More »Experts Predict a Slow Inventory Climb Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels
While listings are beginning to trickle back to the market, it is going to take a long time to fill the current inventory deficit.
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