by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 14, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Lead Story, National, News, Trending |
Home sellers have more bargaining chips in today’s market—they profited an average 21 percent on sales in 2016—but in some areas, the tables have turned in favor of homebuyers. The strongest seller’s markets, according to a new report by Zillow, are...
by Beth McGuire | Feb 10, 2017 | Latest News, Lead Story, Luxury, News |
Eight years after the housing bubble, homebuyers are still exercising caution. This is particularly seen in the luxury real estate market, which ended 2016 on a slow note. A combination of oversupply and rising housing costs in cities like San Francisco and New York...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 8, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Consumer, Latest News, National, News, Trending |
More young homebuyers today are unmarried couples—in fact, according to a recent analysis by Zillow, 15 percent of homebuyers aged 24-35 are unmarried couples, up 4 percent from 2005. The trend, says Zillow Chief Economist Dr. Svenja Gudell, is taking off due to...
by Susanne Dwyer | Feb 5, 2017 | Buying/Selling, Latest News, National, News |
Homes are appreciating at a slower rate—and the time it takes to break even on them is slowing, as well. The national timeframe for breaking even on a house compared to renting one is roughly two years, three works longer than at the end of 2015, according to the Q4...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jan 31, 2017 | Latest News, National, News, Trending |
Home prices continued to trend up in November 2016, increasing 5.6 percent annually and 5.5 percent from October, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index. The ongoing upward trajectory, says S&P Dow Jones Indices Index...