Economics Top 3 Things First-Time Homebuyers Want From the Government Builders may be focused on increasing construction to alleviate the affordable housing shortage, but buyers aren’t thinking so far ahead....
Economics Home Prices Rose in All 20 Metro Areas Reported by S&P Demand is up, inventory is down, and home prices are on the rise. According to the Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, home prices...
Economics Coronavirus Pushes Interest Rates Down, Sparking Rise in Mortgage Applications If anyone doubts the impact of foreign affairs, point to the mortgage rates this week. They dropped to their lowest level since November...
Economics What Is the Housing Market Forecast for 2020? The U.S. housing market can be difficult to predict, but as we start 2020, two things are clear: Buyer demand is strong, and the housing...
Economics 5 Housing Market Predictions for 2020 Where is the housing industry heading in 2020? According to Fred McGill, co-founder & CEO of SimpleShowing, we are heading toward a boom...
Economics Where Is the Economy Heading Based on 9 Economic Indicators? Cue relief: If there is a recession in 2020, it won’t come from the housing industry. The number of housing permits is up to roughly 1.5...
Economics How Falling Mortgage Rates May Deepen Housing Shortage The 30-year fixed mortgage rate is almost at rock bottom, sitting only one-quarter percentage point above its all-time low. Low rates...
Economics Which Cities Have Recovered the Most and the Least from the Great Recession? The late 2000s were not kind to the housing industry, but the builders able to stay in the field picked themselves up and got back to work....
Economics Housing Demand Is Rising, But Inventory Short by 4 Million The home industry is really picking up steam. Builders constructed 5.9 million single-family homes from 2012 to 2019, adding 888,000 last...
Economics What Will 2020 Bring for Buyers and Renters? It’s the start of a new year, and everyone has a spring in their step, especially builders. There seems to be good news left and right about...