Tag Archives: Housing Market

Homeowners try to get every penny they can for their property, but appraisers are preparing them for a rude awakening. While home values aren’t meeting the expectations of their owners, new data shows they continue to rise.

Real estate data service provider Bright MLS will release its August 2017 Housing Market Update on Tuesday, providing insight into the latest trends. Find out more and see what’s to come next, in The Week Ahead.

The Texas Association of Realtors (TAR) released its Midyear Review Report on Friday, which boasted an increase in home values, home sales volume, and listing activing. The report ...

It’s a part of the American Dream to become a homeowner, but which markets will turn the perfect home-buying fantasy into a reality?

A new report shows that not all major U.S. markets are basking in escalating home prices. Nine metros are actually seeing median prices drop. Metros in Texas and the South comprise all but two of those markets.

Markets in the West led national housing price gains over the year. CoreLogic’s latest Home Price Index shows that March prices rose steadily from February and sharply from a year ago. And prices should keep rising through the next 12 months.

A solid March selling season has left sellers feeling pretty confident. A new report by Redfin finds sellers increasingly see themselves with more leverage in a sale. But not everyone thinks the tactics sellers are using are the smartest ones.

The majority of the fastest moving market areas can be found in California. The number one hottest market for both March and February was Vallejo-Fairfield, California; followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California. The median age of inventory for these two areas were 33 days and 26 days, respectively, well below the nationwide median. Areas in California make up nine of the Realtor.com’s top 20 hottest markets. Javier Vivas, Manager of Economic Research at Realtor.com, noted the large drops om days on the market, and its indication of a strong spring buying season.

The Fed raised rates in 2017, and with two more rate increases this year likely, potential homebuyers will get into the market in order to buy a house before rates go any higher.

The National Association of Realtors reported a rise in pending home sales in December, but what does that mean for the bigger picture?