Homebuyers May Find Less Competition Near City Centers for the First Time in...
For the first time since the Great Recession, buyers may have an easier time buying a home in the city than in nearby suburbs this home shopping season, according to new data from Zillow® that shows...
View ArticleHome Values Take Modest Dip as Market Competition Eases and Inventory Grows
This year’s housing market has been filled with its share of surprises, as conditions have transitioned out of their pandemic-induced frenzy and into what forecasters claimed would return to...
View ArticleMore Overvalued Metros Hit Price Downslope
Adding to some other preliminary data and expert insights, researchers at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Florida International University (FIU) are saying that their analysis of “overvalued”...
View ArticleVolatile Mortgage Rates Strain Buyers Stressed About Affordability
While affordability challenges aren’t a new phenomenon for the housing market, recent mortgage volatility has been doing a number on an increasing number of U.S. homebuyers—many of whom are hitting the...
View ArticleHome Prices Stumble, Still Up Year-Over-Year
The latest data from the leading index on home prices showed the largest month-to-month deceleration in prices in history, with a 2.3% deceleration between June and July, as the possibility of a...
View ArticleStates Where Home Values Outpaced Income Growth
While many states saw significant growth in median household incomes, home values grew on average by more than 10 percentage points than incomes across the nation’s 50 states, according to a new report...
View ArticleHow Does Living Near a Grocery Store Affect Home Values?
Just as your homebuyers might consider the school system and local amenities in a town they’re thinking about moving to, you can tell them to add ‘proximity to the nearest grocery store’ as something...
View ArticlePrice-to-Rent Ratios Foreshadow Further Home-Value Declines
After both rental costs and home prices soared far above what historic trends would predict during the pandemic, the path back to more normal price ratios has been uneven, according to the latest data...
View ArticleHome-Equity Gains Cool Again in Q4 2022
Homeowners with mortgages (which account for roughly 63% of all properties) saw equity increase by 7.3% year-over-year, representing a collective gain of $1 trillion since Q4 2021, according to a new...
View ArticleHow Much Does White Christmas Homeownership Cost?
White Christmas is not just the name of the famous Bing Crosby movie from 1954, it’s also an event a lot of Americans dream of having. Unfortunately, not all of the U.S. sees snow, so homebuyers...
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