Forty-nine of the top 50 vacation home markets saw double-digit growth last season according to rate lock and mortgage application data.
Read More »Home Purchase Sentiment Remains Low
Survey shows that even more believe now is a bad time to buy a home but a great time to sell.
Read More »Where Wildfires Burn, All-Cash Buyers Soon Follow
According to the report, all-cash offers after a fire increase due to new builders and investors entering the local market taking advantage of the circumstances.
Read More »Millennials More Likely To Use Home Equity On Luxuries
Now in their prime homebuying years, millennials’ views on how to use home equity different significantly from those of their parents.
Read More »Bankruptcies Continue Downward Trend From Peak in March ’21
While bankruptcies as a whole declined from August, individual Chapter 13 filings ticked upwards. Here’s the latest.
Read More »Uniting to Combat the Racial Divide in Housing
To address and reduce the racial gap between in home ownership and wealth-building, the Urban Institute and the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank) have committed $1.5 million to a new program called “Racial Equity Accelerator for Homeownership” which will “develop and incubate innovations in housing finance, including underwriting and financial technology.” "The ...
Read More »How Landlords Are Impacted by the Pandemic
It is no secret that the COVID-19 turned the world on its end. Entire industries ground to a halt overnight, eliminating countless jobs and putting even more on furloughs. Low wage workers who predominately rent have been affected the most, ...
Read More »How Much Does Home Insurance Rise After a Fire?
A fire can be one of the worst days of a homeowner’s life—not only could it take years to recover emotionally from losing everything you own—it can be financially devastating, even after an insurance payout. ValuePenguin, a data analysis company owned ...
Read More »Home Seller Asking Prices Up 12% to All-Time High
Despite optimism from people listing their homes for sale, pending sales and new listings followed expected seasonal slowdowns.
Read More »Why Are Investors Souring on the Housing Market?
A new survey has revealed that real estate investors are not viewing the market as favorably as they once did in light of low inventory and rising costs. The survey by RealtyTrac, a property information company, found that 48% of the 300 surveyed individual real estate investors ...
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