by Susanne Dwyer | Sep 9, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
The confidence consumers have in housing is picking up steam—but not because of the market outright, according to the August Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI). At 88, the gauge grew 1.5 percentage points month-over-month; however, the confidence...
by Susanne Dwyer | Sep 7, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Home prices are still on a tear, but growing less significantly than in 2017, according to CoreLogic’s latest Home Price Index (HPI™) report. In July—around the height of one of history’s hottest housing markets—prices rose 6.2 percent year-over-year, the...
by Susanne Dwyer | Sep 5, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
With affordability draining quickly, the gap is growing between the amount of buyers with a desire to purchase, and the amount of buyers who actually can. According to an analysis newly released by realtor.com®, the cost of homeownership has increased more than three...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 29, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Pending home sales stepped back in July and have now fallen on an annual basis for seven straight months, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, decreased 0.7 percent to...
by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 28, 2018 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
U.S. home prices continue to surge according to the latest S&P CoreLogic/Case-Shiller Indices, which found June prices on an upward trend (at 6.2 percent year-over-year), inciting affordability concerns. “Home prices continue to rise across the U.S.”...