A new study from RentCafe breaks down that information and examines where the nation’s most competitive rental markets can be found.
Read More »Bringing Credit Invisibles Into the Light
Michele M. Evans of Fannie Mae discusses the GSE’s new Positive Rent Payment Reporting pilot program and how renters on the path to homeownership can build their credit history and improve their credit score.
Read More »Rental Affordability Window Closing for Many
While mortgage rates are discouraging buyers' homeownership goals, quickly rising interest rates continue to hamper renters’ already limited buying power in the nation’s most expensive markets.
Read More »Recession Perception Increasingly Affecting Homebuyers
In order to better understand the sentiment and experiences of buyers, sellers, and renters currently on the market for homes, the Realtor.com Economics team has conducted a randomized ...
Read More »House-Hunting Process Wearing on Renters
According to a new Zillow report, finding and landing a rental is stressing Americans out nationwide. The typical monthly rent in the U.S. has soared to a record ...
Read More »Renters Feel the Squeeze of a Tightening Housing Market
A new study from Freddie Mac found that nearly 60% of renters saw their rent increase over the past 12 months, with just 38% of those polled seeing an increase in their wages to offset this hike.
Read More »The Black-White Affordability Gap for Renters Widened in 2020
New experimental data from the American Community Survey revealed that cost burdens rose the fastest among families headed by a Black person, as Black renter household rates increased an overall 3.5 percentage points, reaching 51% in 2020.
Read More »U.S. Median Rents Exceed $2k in May
The median monthly asking rent in the U.S. surpassed a whopping $2,000 for the first time in May rising 15% year-over-year to a record high of $2,002—according to ...
Read More »Fannie Mae Op-Ed: Making Rent Count
Cyndi Danko, SVP, Chief Credit Officer Single-Family at Fannie Mae, discusses how rent payment history is helping more people get a mortgage, including people of color.
Read More »More Homeowners Looking to Remodel to Boost Value
A new survey from Regions Bank has found that more are willing to invest in upgrading their current residence and tap into their equity over finding a new home or selling.
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