Economics More Falling Stocks for Housing Industry On November 6th while much of the nation was tuned into the midterm elections, real estate platform Zillow's stock fell 20 percent after the...
Economics Economist Report on Q3 Home Price Growth In its third quarter report for 2018, the National Association of Realtors finds that home prices appreciated again over the previous...
New-Home Sales High-End Housing Stocks Weaken as Low End Remains Strong CNBC reports that a fear of rising interest rates has caused high-end housing stocks to lose value. Though the rising interest rates are...
Building Materials Tax Reform: A Boost for Builders? Perception is reality, as most builders feel that recent tax cuts gave their markets a boost
Economics California Realtors Rally Around Prop 5 The California Association of Realtors is backing Proposition 5 on the November ballot, which would allow senior homeowners to carry their...
Economics Mortgage Application Volume Sinking As Rates Rise Attributed to the latest rise in interest rates, mortgage application volume dropped significantly the week of Oct. 8, 2018. Overall volume...
Economics Zero-Down Program's Pathway to Homeownership Nonprofit brokerage Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) is hosting several sign-up events around the country for home loan...
Economics Rate Hike Approaches 'Pain Threshold' The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed loan surpassed 5 percent. Experts are now assessing what approaching six percent means for the...
Economics Harnessing Nontraditional Data, Adapting for the Future Home prices increase when they are located near the "right" amount of specialty food stores, coffee shops, and other community amenities....
Economics 2019 Outlook: The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty Rather than a few dominating trends, the Urban Land Institute's "Emerging Trends for Real Estate" report anticipates that 2019 will be...