Market Data + Trends More Americans Chose to Relocate During the Pandemic Than in 2019 The National Association of Realtors collected change-of-address data from March to October this year in order to find the number of...
Market Data + Trends Case-Shiller: September Home Prices Break 6-Year High Realtor.com warns that prospective homebuyers may not find a better deal in the future as home prices continue their climb. According to the...
Economics As Mortgage Rates Lower, Millions of Americans Can Save Big With mortgage rates down to a new low, a record 19.4 million Americans could save hundreds per month. The average interest rate for Freddie...
Market Data + Trends Mortgage Demand Increases for First Time This Month After a brief pause for the presidential election, mortgage applications are now back to booming. For the week, mortgage applications to...
Coronavirus Resources and Information Why Housing Has Boomed During a Pandemic The pandemic resulted in a near perfect situation for the housing market: Local governments mandated that people stay indoors as much as...
Coronavirus Resources and Information Vaccine News Affects Single-Family Home Builder Stocks Unlike the rest of the stock market, stocks from some of the country’s largest builders dropped yesterday amid COVID-19 vaccine news. Pfizer...
Economics Election Drops Mortgage Rates to 12th New Low This Year CNBC says the presidential election pushed mortgage rates even lower this week, breaking the 12th record this year. For the week ending...
Financing Refinancing Boosts Mortgage Demand The Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index found an increase in mortgage demand last week, fueled by record low rates for...
Market Data + Trends Read Between the Lines of Housing Market Numbers HousingWire warns about being led astray by negative headlines. Instead, focus on specific data to gauge housing market activity and how it...
Financials Homeownership Wealth Gains for Second Quarter of 2020 Based on the 2019 Survey of Consumer Finance data, homeownership accounts for 90% of total wealth among all families. In the bottom 20%...