Home Prices Surge on Strong Buying Season
Home prices continue on at a clip, surging 6.2 percent in the second quarter of 2017, according to the latest...
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Housing Starts Get Tripped Up in July
Home-building activity unexpectedly tripped up in July, with housing starts down 4.8 percent to a rate of 1,155,000, according to...
Experts: Expect a Downturn, but Not Because of Housing
Housing experts questioned in Zillow's latest Home Price Expectations Survey are anticipating another downturn in the next three years, but...
Builder Confidence in New Construction Climbs Back Up
Home builder confidence in the new, single-family construction market has climbed back up in the latest National Association of Home...
Millennials Bank More on Conventional Mortgages
More millennial homebuyers are obtaining conventional financing over FHA financing, relying less on government-backed loans, according to the latest Ellie...
Gap Slims Between Low- and High-Income Homeownership Rate
Individuals with low incomes have historically struggled to become homeowners, cut off from the opportunity to not only build wealth...
NAHB: Affordability Turns Downward in Q2
Housing affordability took a turn downward in the second quarter of 2017, as home prices and mortgage rates moved opposite,...
Why Inventory Is the Lowest It’s Been in 20 Years
Housing demand continues to outstrip supply, with shortages now at their worst in 20 years. Why? The answer is simple:...
Mortgage Rates Dive to Another Low
Mortgage rates dove to another low this week, with the 30-year, fixed rate averaging 3.90 percent, down from 3.93 percent...
Housing Barrels Forward in First Half of Year, Leaving Permits Behind
Housing barreled forward from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2017, with gains recorded in roughly 300 markets...
4 Vital Metrics to Assess Your Team’s Business
Though many have tried, no one has yet succeeded in turning the practice of buying and selling homes into an equation that can be worked out and solved on paper. Read more.
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