The share of residential home sales that are all-cash transactions has been on the steady decline for nearly five years. At their peak, all-cash sales accounted for nearly half of all home sales; now that percentage is down below one-third, according to data released by CoreLogic on Monday.
Read More »Housing Market Hit With Seasonal Slowdown
As the winter season presses on, the housing market is experiencing a seasonal slowdown in activity among home sales, prices, and inventory.
Read More »Employment Numbers Drive Housing Market Health
The housing market is still trekking down the recovery path, and although the market has not returned to its peak, it has made significant progress since crisis times.
Read More »Young Homeowners Finally Ready to Re-enter in the Housing Market
Many factors have been contributed to the lessening number of young homeowners over time—excluding a brief spike during the housing boom—but this may be about to change in the near future.
Read More »Housing Affordability Drives Purchase Sentiment Down in November
As the cost of housing continues to rapidly rise, consumers can hardly keep up, especially as their income remains stagnant. However, despite the lowering consumer financial sentiment, economic conditions lift the housing market upward.
Read More »Negative Equity Rate Improves, But Still Tugs on Housing Market
According to Zillow's Negative Equity Report, nearly one million homeowners were able to come out of negative equity in the third quarter, allowing them to sell or refinance their homes prior to the expected interest rate hike later this month.
Read More »Mortgage Industry Provides Glimpse into 2016 Housing Market
As 2016 lies just under one month away, the mortgage industry is already on top of what to expect in the coming year with predictions on what the housing sector may or may not bring.
Read More »Stats, Starts, and Seeing into the Future
When it comes to predicting the future of the market, the best indicator is in 2015’s housing data. Editor's note: This select print feature appears in the November 2015 edition of MReport magazine, available now.
Read More »Mortgages Lose Out If Borrowers Have to Choose What Type of Debt to Carry
A new article from Credit.com suggests that when given a choice between different types of debt, fewer consumers take out home mortgages and are much more likely to carry other kinds of debt.
Read More »If Housing Market has “Rebounded,” Why is the Economy Still Lagging?
Homeowners across the nation are undoubtedly recovering from the housing crisis, but wealth among these homeowners is not contributing to the economy as whole like it did prior to the crisis.
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