New analysis of the biggest U.S. cities tracks employment, affordability, and fun for recent college graduates looking to lay down roots. The ranking's metrics include cost of living, median rent prices, and Yelp ratings.
A recent ranking tracked how many years of work it could take to achieve homeownership in the 50 biggest U.S. cities, based on median incomes and median home values.
Applications to purchase a home hit a nine year high last week, increasing one percent week-over-week, and up seven percent annually, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.
In 2016, first-timers accounted for 46 percent of all homebuyers in the U.S. A new follow-up study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York analyzes first-time buyer traits and behaviors over time.
The last housing boom was pushed up by riskier lending practices that ultimately led to a crash. The next boom may be more sustainable, helped by rising minimum wages.
This week, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.12 percent, rising four basis points over the previous week, according to the latest data from Freddie Mac.
New metro analysis based on Census data studies how families with and without children sort and are segregated in urban and suburban areas, and how this impacts income segregation more broadly.
According to Attom Data Solutions, average property taxes on a single-family home in the U.S. increased three percent in 2018, or $3,498. A new study finds 12 markets with the biggest property tax spikes in the nation.
"Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country." Or, so the saying goes. But the cost of living may be too steep for most renters and home buyers.
Recent changes to Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage loan policy may squeeze middle-income homebuyer hopefuls, just as the hot spring real estate season begins.