by Jesse Williams | May 12, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Housing affordability posted a modest gain for average conditions in the first quarter of 2022, as a strong jump in national median income helped to offset a gradual rise in interest rates. However, home builders warn of current deteriorating conditions as a sharp...
by Jesse Williams | May 10, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
For the month of February, 3.2% of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure), representing a 2.5 percentage-point decrease compared to February 2021, when it was 5.7%, according to...
by Jesse Williams | May 10, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
April data suggests that the U.S. housing supply is readying to rebound, as active listings posted the smallest year-over-year decline (-12.2%) since December 2019, according to the Realtor.com® ‘s latest Monthly Housing Trends Report released this week. Inventory...
by Jesse Williams | May 4, 2022 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Consumer, Latest News, Lead Story, Marketing, National, News, Premier, Teams |
At a macro level, 2022 has been a year of ups and downs for the U.S. economy. Supply chain issues are still prevalent. Inflation continues to rise, although some experts suggest it may have peaked. Thirty-year mortgage rates topped a 5% average. Loan applications have...
by Liz Ruggiero | Apr 19, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, News, Premier, Teams |
As home prices and mortgage rates continue to rise across the country, a new report from data aggregator PropertyShark shows the gender gap is widening for single homebuyers in the U.S., with the number of unaffordable cities for singles of both genders growing and...
by Jesse Williams | Apr 11, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Consumer, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams, Technology |
While tech and innovation have become fixtures in real estate, the lifeblood of any brokerage and transaction has always been the agent. Even as perceived “disruptors” make inroads into the market, the agent has served as a line in the sand that separates brokerages...