Tag Archives: Housing Demand

Fewer listings and therefore fewer offers marked the end of 2017 for the housing market according to data on housing demand from online real estate brokers, Redfin that ...

Home prices continued to rise three times faster than the rate of inflation, showing year over year increase in prices of 5 percent or more for 16 straight ...

According to a recent report, housing demand dwindled in October, not due to a lack of interest in the market, but a short supply of properties for customers to put offers on.

The same amount of people are looking at homes, so why is the percentage of submitted contracts going down? See why in the Video Spotlight.

Local job markets have improved and mortgage rates are at a historic low, however U.S. homeownership rates are stagnant at a 50-year low. The main barriers experts are seeing, according to a recent report, are post-foreclosure stress disorder, mortgage availability, the growing burden of student loan debt, single-family housing affordability, and single-family housing supply shortages. Industry professionals explain what needs to be done in order for this to change.

By any measure, the amount of residential housing supply for sale is low compared to historical standards, and it has been shrinking over the last several months.

A recent survey of realtors revealed an optimism for the housing market for 2017, but even so, there were still a couple of concerns on their minds.

As home price appreciation continues to outpace wage growth, housing affordability may suffer, especially among millennials.

Strong demand has resulted in a steady increase in the number of purchase loans originated in the last two years.

Eight years has made all the difference in several single-family housing markets that were affected most by the recession. Many of these markets now rank among the healthiest, one analysis reported.