Tag Archives: Homebuyers

A Redfin survey shows that potential homebuyers are being ushered into the housing market for two reasons: life events and rising rental rates.

With homebuying season quickly approaching and inventory levels not showing any improvement, potential buyers could be faced with more competition and bidding wars for homes they have set their sights on.

When deciding whether or not to buy or rent a home, purchasing a home is typically more favorable in many of today's housing markets, depending on how long a buyer plans to stay, but one generation still struggles with the buy vs. rent decision.

The classic back-and-forth between renting and buying is not expected to cease anytime soon, but there may be a slight improvement in 2016.

First-time homebuyers have been touch-and-go in the housing market since the crisis, but that here today, gone tomorrow trend could be changing for the better.

Lenders must reach out to meet their future millennial clients in their own environment—online. Editor's note: This select print feature appears in the January 2016 edition of MReport magazine, available now.

Although millennials have been labeled “the generation of renters,” research shows that this group is more interested in purchasing a home than other generations, but the problem is, they lack financial stability.

Buyers are still motivated to purchase homes, even if the Federal Reserve decides to raise interest rates in one of their last two meetings of the year.

The number of first-time homebuyers is growing steadily in the housing market as mortgage rates remain low, labor conditions improve, and lending loosens up.

HUD and the Federal Housing Administration are urging homebuyers to have their homes inspected prior to purchasing to avoid unanticipated issues.