by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 26, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
New-home sales skidded in January, with sales of new, single-family homes down 7.8 percent to 593,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The average new-home sales price was $382,700, while the median was...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 26, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The brakes are on growing home prices, with appreciation at 6.7 percent—the lowest rate since November 2016, according to the January Zillow® Real Estate Market Report. Appreciation hit 7.6 percent in May 2017 but tempered through the year. The deceleration could give...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 25, 2018 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
The housing market is on the up-and-up, but at a lesser pace than in prior years. According to new research, buzzier markets are now stabilizing. Appreciation is projected to slow in 41 of the top 100 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) this year, according to...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 25, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News, Trending |
Ahead of the buying season, inventory issues are showing no signs of subsiding. According to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), existing inventory is at a 3.4-months supply, dismally down 9.5 percent from last year. New inventory is at 5.7 months, the Census...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 22, 2018 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, National, News |
Student loan debt is one of the major home-buying challenges for the millennial generation. According to a survey by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), 83 percent of surveyed millennials said they are delaying their home-buying plans by a median of seven...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 21, 2018 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Existing-home sales came up short in January, at their lowest in more than three years, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reports. Sales decreased 3.2 percent to 5.38 million, a 4.8 percent decrease from one year prior. Inventory, however, increased 4.1...