by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 21, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Buyers are being challenged by diminished inventory and mounting prices, especially in areas with crisis-level supply, according to the December Zillow® Real Estate Market Report. Inventory is down 10 percent from last year—a three-year trend—and, in the buzziest...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 20, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The average 30-year, fixed mortgage rate charged to 4.04 percent this week, up from 3.99 percent the week prior, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The 15-year, fixed rate averaged 3.49 percent, up from 3.44 percent the week...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 18, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
But Could ‘Easily’ Exceed 1.3 Million This Year Home-building activity stumbled in December, with housing starts down 8.2 percent to a rate of 1,192,000, according to the latest data from U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 16, 2018 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Homebuyers and homeowners are anticipating fallout from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which has changed homeownership incentives, including the deductions for mortgage interest and state and local taxes. How deep the effect is hinges on location, according to new...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 15, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
It is more affordable to buy a home than rent one in more than half of markets—but for how long remains uncertain, according to recently released research. In 54 percent of the over 400 counties analyzed by ATTOM Data Solutions, buying the median-priced home is more...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 13, 2018 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Confidence in housing was subdued in December in the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI), derived from Fannie Mae’s National Housing Survey® (NHS). The HPSI overall posted 85.8 in December, two percentage points lower than the month prior....