After a roller-coaster two years, experts expect a ‘flat stretch’ over the next 12 months, according to a new report.
Read More »Cooling Home Values Boost Affordability
As mortgage rates continue to ease, homebuyers are still constrained by elevated housing costs, according to Zillow's latest housing report. However, cooling home values did provide some relief in November.
Read More »2023 Was the Least Affordable Year on Record. Will 2024 Follow Suit?
The least affordable markets included Anaheim and San Francisco, where homebuyers with the typical local income would’ve needed to spend over 80% of their pay on monthly housing costs.
Read More »What’s In Store for the 2024 Housing Market?
Redfin has made new predictions for the 2024 housing market, leading with the notion that next year may finally turn in favor of buyers as home prices fall and listings rise. Here’s what else they are forecasting.
Read More »Forecast: Finding the Top Housing Markets for 2024
Affordability may make a resurgence in 2024, and markets such as Toledo, Ohio; Oxnard, California; and Rochester, New York are being singled out as potential hot markets. Here are the other markets that are primed to perform next year.
Read More »Which States Have the Most Americans Experiencing Financial Distress?
“Financial distress can be a vicious cycle,” said Cassandra Happe, Analyst at WalletHub. “People who can’t make payments on their accounts end up damaging their credit scores, which in turn makes it more difficult for them to qualify for the best solutions to their debt.”
Read More »New Home Listings Experience Largest YoY Increase in Over Two Years
“Mortgage rates are dropping due to easing inflation and investors betting the Fed will cut interest rates sooner than expected," said Redfin Economics Research Lead Chen Zhao. “Declining rates, along with a sizable year-over-year increase in new listings, are leading to more favorable conditions for some buyers."
Read More »Many Americans Aren’t Optimistic About 2024’s Housing Market
While the housing market remains unpredictable, a surprising percentage of surveyed Americans report wanting it to crash in 2024, according to a new LendingTree study, as many believe that might be the only way they could afford a home.
Read More »U.S. Homeowners Remain Financially Disincentivized to Sell Their Homes
According to a new study from First American, some 90% of homeowners remain discouraged by the idea of selling their homes. Will that change if mortgage rates were to decline in 2024? Here’s what experts predict about the ongoing “sellers’ strike.”
Read More »Fannie Mae Forecast: Economy Will Pick Up in 2025
Home sales are likely to weaken in the near term and will likely bottom out sometime early next year, according to new commentary from Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research Group.
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