Each monthly LegalShield Law Index tracks factors such as housing starts, foreclosure starts, and consumer confidence, compiling indices based on LegalShield’s proprietary data culled from their client base. The Law Index is divided up into sub-indices that track different sectors ...
Read More »Fannie: Consumer Housing Sentiment Weakens
The U.S. housing market may be starting to get volatile. Fannie Mae's latest Home Purchase Sentiment Index report found that consumer confidence in housing took a hit in February. The worry seems to be stemming from some general upheaval at ...
Read More »Will Rising Rates Really Impact the Housing Market?
Rising mortgage rates could have minimal impact on the housing market according to a study by real estate consulting firm John Burns. The study, that surveyed over 300 homebuilders found that 85 percent home builders said home sales would decline ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Pending Home Sales Forecast Future Trends
The National Association of Realtors will release its Pending Home Sales Index at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 28. The Pending Home Sales Index tracks sales of existing homes in which a contract has been signed, but the deal is ...
Read More »Inventory and Affordability Taking a Toll on Home Sales
Existing-home sales dropped both month-over-month and year-over-year in January 2018, experiencing their largest annual decline in over three years, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. NAR’s Existing-Home Sales calculations track “completed transactions that include single-family homes, ...
Read More »Can the Housing Market Maintain Its Momentum?
Pending home sales inched up 0.5 percent during the year according to the Pending Home Sales Index released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Wednesday. The Pending Home Sales Index is a monthly forward looking indicator based on ...
Read More »The State of the Housing Industry
As President Trump will present his State of the Union address to the Senate this evening, what is the State of the Housing Industry? With home prices that show no signs of decreasing, changes in leadership at the Consumer Finance ...
Read More »Gap Between Potential and Actual Home Sales Narrows
According to a new report by First American, while existing-home sales continued to underperform their potential in December 2017, the gap between actual sales and that potential has continued to narrow. First American’s proprietary Potential Home Sales model reports that ...
Read More »Move Over New York, California Has the Priciest ZIP Code
California communities top the list of the 100 most expensive ZIP codes in the country, according to an annual ranking, followed by New York.
Read More »Going Up: Residential Home Sales
According to the latest data released by HUD and the Census Bureau, home sales keep rising—causing a surge in prices.
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