PWC’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate report examines this and other factors, as well as the possible implications the many Americans not returning to their physical offices may have on commercial real estate.
Read More »Florida Markets Expected to Remain Hot
Zillow predicts that the housing market will cool in 2022, but a number of hotspots have roared to life over the past two years show no signs of slowing. According to a new ...
Read More »How Incomes are Impacting Housing
The newest numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics weave a familiar tale. Industry experts cut through the numbers to reflect on the effect of the current jobs market on the housing industry.
Read More »As Job Growth Continues, House Prices Follow
In a report released by the U.S. Department of Labor, surveys found that total nonfarm payroll employment increased to 103,000 in March, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged ...
Read More »Job Growth is Strong, Wage Growth However…
The latest jobs report from the Department of Labor offers wildly exceeded expectations alongside disappointing compensation. Do solid employment numbers spell good times ahead? Or do sluggish wages mean trouble is looming? ///// Job growth is doing a lot better than expected. But sagging wage growth is not generating nearly the same optimism. Does the dynamic mean extended low inflation for the economy?
Read More »January Job Growth Means Supply, Rates to Jump
Today's positive job report sets a record for consecutive months of job growth.
Read More »Survey Finds Like-Kind Exchanges Promote Economic & Job Growth
Like-kind exchanges in the real estate market are an important factor for property acquisition and disposal, and they also support the nation's financial growth, job creation, and economy, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
Read More »Survey: Optimism Up Among Consumers; Supports Housing Forecast Increase
Amidst the positive May job reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), consumer attitudes concerning the housing market showed vast improvement for the month of May, according to results from Fannie Mae's May 2015 National Housing Survey. These positive changes also support the case for an increase in housing activity this year.
Read More »Freddie Mac Finds Mortgage Rate Drop Amid Underwhelming Job Growth
Variable-rate mortgages were down as well. According to Freddie, 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages averaged 2.83 percent this week, down from last week’s 2.92 percent. A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged 3.09 percent. However, 1-year Treasury-indexed ARMs maintained at 2.46 percent, almost unchanged from a year ago.
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