Economics Cost to Buy Vs. Rent in All 50 States According to Census data, homeowners with mortgages in all 50 states spend more on housing costs annually than do renters. A new visual data...
Economics Buyer Profile Insights In honor of Valentine's Day, the National Association of Realtors has compiled homebuyer and seller data to analyze current household...
Sales Affordability Remains at 10-Year Low Housing affordability held at roughly the same level in the fourth quarter of 2018 as the previous quarter, with a slight interest rate...
Net Zero Net Zero Now in California Net-zero energy homes are built to produce as much energy as they consume, through airtight construction of foundations, roofs, walls, and...
Economics Auto Loans Revved Up in 2018 A recent report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds that new auto loan volume had the highest year on record in 2018, at $584...
Economics With Open ARMs Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) are making a comeback in the housing market. These loans accounted for 9.2 percent of all new mortgage...
Sales Price Pushing Out Buyers Most In the last quarter of 2018, 58 percent of homebuyers were actively looking for three months or longer. New data show that home prices are...
Affordability LA's Household Matchmaker Since 1978, the nonprofit Affordable Living for the Aging (ALA) has been matching seniors with younger roommates as part of its...
Economics California Dip: More Residents Want to Leave New survey data show that more Californians are thinking about moving out of state to more affordable markets: 53 percent are thinking of...
Sales January's Buyer 'Bounty' For the first time since 2014, U.S. homebuyers had more for-sale inventory to choose from in January 2019 than they did the year before. ...