by Susanne Dwyer | May 18, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The multi-year stretch of robust job gains along with improving household confidence are expected to guide existing-home sales to a decade high in 2017, but supply and affordability headwinds and modest economic growth are holding back sales and threatening to keep...
by Susanne Dwyer | May 17, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
College students taking specific courses of study have the potential to become homeowners sooner after graduation than others, according to a new report by realtor.com®. Engineering majors have the most promising prospects, with petroleum engineering majors able to...
by Susanne Dwyer | May 16, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Will they, or won’t they? Whether millennial renters would make the transition to homeownership has been hotly debated since the housing crisis—and now, there is more evidence pointing to the affirmative. According to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal,...
by Susanne Dwyer | May 15, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Home prices continue to escalate, charging upward 6.9 percent in the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). The increase, stoked by the strongest quarterly sales pace in a decade, marks three...
by Susanne Dwyer | May 15, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Latest News, National, News, Trending |
First-time homebuyers up against high prices this spring could have a better chance of staying in-budget in the Sunshine State, where homes are still relatively affordable, according to a recent Zillow analysis. Orlando and Tampa took the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, in...
by Susanne Dwyer | May 11, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Mortgage rates stayed within the 4 percent range this week, with the 30-year, fixed rate averaging 4.05 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s recently released Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®.) Rates rose above 4 percent following the presidential election...