Economics Lenders Offering Riskier Loan Products As Rates Rise As the rate for fixed mortgage loans continues its ascent, lenders are offering risky, non-qualifying home loan products that do not conform...
Builders 9 in 2019: Housing Trends to Watch A new ranking reveals 9 challenges, welcome developments, and housing's most wanted in 2019. While housing inventory and financing is...
Economics With Recent Rate Drop, Will Sales Grow? In the second week of December 2018, interest rates fell to the lowest level since September, easing borrowing costs, and offering the...
Builders Builder Confidence at 3-Year Low According to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, home builder sentiment had a 56 point reading in...
Market Data + Trends Suburbs Dominate Metro Area Population Growth New data shows that suburbs and exburbs of major U.S. metropolitan areas saw a greater population growth than urban cores. NewGeography...
Affordability Housing Affordability Down in October Housing affordability was down year over year in October, dropping from 162.7 to 146.9 in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR)...
Affordability 10 Affordable Cities with Homes Under $200K Chicago topped Realtor.com’s list of U.S. cities with the most homes under $200,000. After analyzing September home listings of the 300...
Sales Amazon Effect: Northern Virginia Home Sales Up November saw a 90 percent increase in the number of contracts signed between Northern Virginia homebuyers and sellers, just after Amazon...
Financing The Cities with the Lowest Down Payments A new report from Zillow Research found that homebuyers in Atlanta and Phoenix are more likely to pay 5 percent or less on a down payment. ...
New-Home Sales Inventory Up as Key Markets Cool Housing inventory is up significantly in Seattle and San Jose, Calif., as price increases in those areas begin to slow. According to...