by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 30, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, House Canary, Latest News, News, Trending |
Across the country, buyers are competing in what has been called the “harshest market yet“—but for millennials, the competition is fiercest in higher-income metros, according to an analysis by realtor.com®: San Jose, Calif. List Price (Median): $1,244,000...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 28, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The average 30-year, fixed mortgage rate spiked this week, to 4.58 percent—a high not hit in four years, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The average was 4.47 percent the prior week. The average 15-year, fixed rate, at the same...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 26, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News, Trending |
If you are considering listing this spring, now is the time. May is the best bet for home sellers, according to an analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions, which found that the average seller gains 5.9 percent more than market value—the highest of all months—in the fifth...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 26, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
With a nationwide inventory shortage, home prices are spiking, spurring bidding wars in tough-to-negotiate sellers’ markets—and yet, these conditions are not dissuading buyers from throwing their hat in the ring, even if that means stretching themselves thin to...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 25, 2018 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, Marketing, National, News, Niche, Trending |
If you ask the REALTORS® who work with them, buyer demand for green homes is trending up. Homebuyers are interested in sustainability, according to 61 percent of REALTORS® in the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) REALTORS® and Sustainability 2018 Report—and, in...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 24, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Home prices are continuing their long-term spell upward, with a February gain of 6.3 percent, according to the S&P CoreLogic/Case-Shiller Indices. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index’s 10-City Composite, which is an average...