Housing Starts at 4-Year Low; High Construction Costs and Mortgage Rates Blamed
Construction of new U.S. homes fell 5.5% in May, dropping to the lowest level since 2020, according to data released ...
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Homebuilder Confidence Hits Lowest Reading Since December 2023
With mortgage rates remaining high, little change in inflation and the Fed still not making any decisions when it comes ...
Study: Sun Belt Homes Overvalued, With Texas an Outlier
Depending on one's perspective on heat, political preference and classic Southern hospitality, the Sun Belt states can be dream destinations, ...
PropStream Announces New Insights Dataset: Demographics
PropStream has added demographics, a new localized insights dataset made available through its partnership with Local Logic. All real estate ...
Northeast Cities See Downtown Prices Hold Higher Than Other Regions
Downtowns from coast to coast are still recovering from unprecedented change as a result of the COVID pandemic, and home ...
Inflation Unchanged in May; Neutral News for Potential Fed Rate Cut
The Consumer Price Index (CPI), an inflation gauge measuring goods and services costs across the U.S. economy, was unchanged in ...
Over Half of Homebuyers Skip Mortgage Shopping, Yet Those Who Do Get Better Rates
A majority of homebuyers aren’t shopping around for a mortgage, according to new data from LendingTree. Specifically, 54% of buyers ...
Study: Partisanship Has No Effect on the Supply of Housing or Affordability
A new working paper produced by Joseph Gyourko and Fernando Ferreira—two researchers at The Wharton School of Business at the ...
CFPB’s Inquiry Into Mortgage ‘Junk Fees’ Earns Mixed Reaction From Lenders
Rising closing costs are adding to homebuyers’ affordability woes, putting their dream of homeownership even further out of reach. In ...
Homeowner Equity Spikes to All-Time High of $17 Trillion
In CoreLogic’s latest Homeowner Equity Report for the first quarter of 2024 released June 6, U.S. homeowners with mortgages (which ...
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