Commentary

With home equity at all-time highs, now estimated to be some $28.7 trillion of it, you will not get the same size home equity loan everywhere. Here’s where you will get the biggest bang for your buck.

In August, active inventory shrank compared to last year (-7.9%), despite an unusual increase from July in newly listed homes, signaling a potential return of seller activity heading into fall.

According to a new report from Redfin, investor home purchases fell significantly during Q2 2023. Click through to learn what factors are in play.

Separating where someone lives from where that person works could open up access to affordable housing that only requires an internet connection, not a commute.

The newest S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, which is the one of the most highly regarded measures of U.S. home prices, for June 2023 has revealed that all of the top-20 markets reported monthly price increases, the fourth such consecutive month of rising prices.

While pending home sales rose a meaningful 0.7% in July, overall, this number is only marginally better than its low point hit in March earlier this year.

A new Housing Perspectives Blog post by Mark Fleming, the Chief Economist for First American Financial Corporation and the lead of First American’s Decision Sciences Team, focused on housing market potential and the lock-in effect.

ATTOM Data has released its new Q3 market trends report, highlighting which regions had the most zombie home activity, and which areas remain most at risk “if the overall housing market turns back downward.”

Mortgage rates hovering around the 7% mark are cutting into buyers’ budgets, according to a new report from Redfin. It found that a buyer on a $3,000 monthly budget can afford a home valued at $429,000, assuming a 7.4% mortgage. But how does this stack up when compared to last year?

First-time buyers are snapping up available properties at a brisk pace, now making up 50% of all current homebuyers, according to new data from Zillow.