by Susanne Dwyer | Sep 20, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
Editor’s Note: This was originally published on RISMedia’s blog, Housecall. See what else is cookin’ now at blog.rismedia.com: What You Need to Earn to Live in the Cheapest and Priciest Metros 4 Real Estate Deal-Breakers and How to Avoid Them Live in...
by Susanne Dwyer | Sep 19, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
College debt is having a compounding effect on how millennials perceive and plan for homeownership. Eighty-three percent of millennials in a recently released report by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) say they are delaying their home-buying plans by a...
by Susanne Dwyer | Sep 16, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Mortgage rates showed little movement this week, with the 30-year, fixed rate averaging 3.78 percent, unchanged from the week prior, according to the recently released Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The 15-year, fixed rate averaged 3.08 percent,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Sep 14, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News, Trending |
Apartment rents are appreciating less than house rents, thanks to shifting demand for single-family rentals, according to a recent analysis by Zillow. Apartment rents nationally increased a median 0.5 percent, to $1,551, year-over-year—relatively flat—while house...
by Susanne Dwyer | Sep 14, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Appraisers again burst homeowner expectations in August, arriving at values 1.35 percent lower than what homeowners expected, according to the latest Quicken Loans’ National Home Price Perception Index (HPPI). The latest Quicken Loans National Home Value Index...
by Susanne Dwyer | Sep 10, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Confidence in housing doubled back in August toward the all-time high in the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI), with home sellers’ optimism rebounding from July. The HPSI overall posted 88.0 in August, 1.2 percentage points higher than the month...