by Beth McGuire | Apr 23, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Rent growth is crawling at its slowest pace in five years, with rents up nationwide just 0.7 percent year-over-year, according to the recently released March Zillow® Real Estate Market Reports. Notably, rent growth in the West, which has led appreciation, is stalling....
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 16, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Will more interest rate hikes this year turn millennials off to buying a home? A sizable share of millennials recently surveyed by TransUnion decided to put off buying a home after learning of the interest rate hike in 2016, with 42 percent reporting that the raise in...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 12, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Latest News, National, News |
For all the hurdles to homeownership, one obstacle is stubbornly more insurmountable than the rest: the down payment. Renters are having trouble stacking up the savings to place a down payment on a home, according to the recently released Zillow® Housing Aspirations...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 11, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, News |
Renters are in better financial straits than they were just six months ago. Is homeownership next? The answer, according to a recent Freddie Mac survey, is unclear. Although 41 percent of the renters surveyed reported having more cash left over after payday, up from...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 8, 2017 | Consumer, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News |
Rent raised? You’ll need a raise. According to a new analysis by Zillow, the average renter would need his or her income to grow by $168 to keep up with an expected 1 percent rise in rents over the next year. Many renters, however, would need more—in some cases,...