by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 19, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Latest News, News |
Many upper-middle class households with young children are caught between an inability to afford childcare and an inability to sustain on one less income with a stay-at-home parent—a predicament that has a driving force on their housing decisions. According to the...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 18, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Housing has largely bounced back from the crash, with several key gauges again at healthy, pre-collapse levels, according to the newly released State of the Nation’s Housing report, published by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. A...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 18, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, National, News |
Home-building activity again disappointed in May, below expectations with housing starts down 5.5 percent to a rate of 1,092,000, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Single-family housing...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 17, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Mortgage rates clawed back up after weeks on a downswing, with the 30-year, fixed rate now averaging 3.91 percent, up from 3.89 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s recently released Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The average 15-year, fixed rate moved...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 17, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, House Canary, Latest News, News |
First-time homebuyers are shifting housing industry standards when it comes to home design preferences—and, according to the latest Home Design Trends Survey by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), one of the most significant changes is the end of the era of...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jun 14, 2017 | Buying/Selling, House Canary, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
The Federal Reserve voted on Wednesday to raise the key interest rate one-quarter percentage point, ticking off the second of three hikes slated for this year. Analysts largely predicted the outcome, even as lagging inflation gave cause for concern. “In view of...