by Beth McGuire | Aug 12, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
After a positive start to the summer, the confidence consumers have in housing is teetering, according to the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) for July. At 86.5, the Index sunk 4.2 percentage points month-over-month, and 0.3 percentage points...
by Suzanne De Vita | Aug 7, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Affordability is fading fast—and although millennials are eager to enter the market, and succeeding, they’re bearing the brunt of the challenge, according to recent research. Sixty-three percent of millennials under 29 are challenged by the cost of...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 24, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Latest News, Lead Story, News |
Buyers have their eyes on schools, and with the irrefutable link between the quality of schools and values, a district with high ratings trumps all—even coveted features of a home, according to a new realtor.com® survey. To get into their desired district, 78 percent...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 9, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The confidence consumers have in housing is slightly wilting, as homebuyers are immobilized by sparse supply, according to the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) for June. At 90.7, the Index flattened 1.6 percentage points month-over-month, but remains...
by Suzanne De Vita | Jul 5, 2018 | Consumer, Latest News, National, News |
(TNS)—Yvonne Jimenez Smith and her husband, Brandon Smith, spoke in whispers recently as they visited a white stucco house they planned to buy on a leafy street in San Jose, Calif. After six months of aggressive hunting, they were on their way to a small suburban home...