by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 21, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is affecting the housing outlook, according to new research. Approximately two-fifths (41 percent) of experts in Zillow’s 2018 Q1 Home Price Expectations Survey have a less optimistic outlook as a result of the reform; 31 percent,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 21, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
(TNS)—World events are conspiring to make it more expensive for you to borrow money to buy a house. Mortgage rates have increased for five consecutive weeks, according to Bankrate data, bringing interest on a 30-year fixed rate loan to 4.44 percent—the highest level...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 20, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Buyer demand is highest for starter supply—and entry-level homes are appreciating faster than others as a result, according to an analysis by Zillow. “When the housing market crashed, owners of the least valuable homes were especially hard hit and lost more home...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 18, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Home-building activity blew by expectations in January, with housing starts up 9.7 percent to a rate of 1,326,000, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Single-family housing starts...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 17, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The average 30-year, fixed mortgage rate is rising swiftly, at 4.38 percent this week, according to Freddie Mac’s recently released Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The average 30-year, fixed mortgage rate was 4.32 percent last week. Concurrently, the...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 14, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Appraisals are off by a larger margin, 0.6 percent below what was expected by homeowners in January, according to the latest Quicken Loans’ National Home Price Perception Index (HPPI). The latest Quicken Loans National Home Value Index (HVI) shows appraised...