by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 12, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, News, Trending |
Are you on the fence about owning a home? It may be better to buy now than wait. The nation’s median home value is expected to grow by $6,275 to $208,975 just one year from today, according to Zillow, adding on to the already considerable funds homebuyers need...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 8, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, National, News |
Confidence in housing slipped from an all-time high in October in the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI), thanks to less optimism from both homebuyers and sellers—a sentiment somewhat typical for this time of year. The HPSI overall posted 85.2 in...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 5, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, National, News |
Home prices keep rolling, up 5.3 percent in third quarter of 2017, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). “The stock market’s climb to new record highs, the continued stretch of outstanding job growth and...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 1, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Home prices grew in the latest S&P CoreLogic/Case-Shiller Indices, up 6.1 percent year-over-year in August, compared to 5.9 percent in July. The increase is against-grain in an economy gaining at a lesser pace, says S&P Dow Jones Indices Chairman of the Index...
by Susanne Dwyer | Oct 30, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
First-time homebuyers are eager to enter the housing market. Getting in the door is another story. First-time homebuyers accounted for 34 percent of sales this year, less than the 35 percent share in 2016 and off an average 39 percent historically, the NAR 2017...
by Susanne Dwyer | Oct 30, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Demand is forcing home prices out West to keep ticking up, even though the home-buying and -selling season is winding down, according to the September Zillow® Real Estate Market Report. Appreciation is highest in the San Jose, Calif., and Seattle, Wash., metropolitan...