Market Studies

What market factors impacted the declining cash sales share?

Home sales in the first six months of 2016 increased 4.2 percent from the same time period a year ago in the counties with the lowest level of natural hazard risk, more than twice the 1.9 percent increase in the counties with the highest levels.

The Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit which reported that overall delinquency rates improved and continued the trend that has taken place since 2010.

The rate of appreciation seems to be slowing after months of steady gains despite house prices rising by 5.6 percent over-the-year in the second quarter, according to FHFA.

In July, new single-family home sales took a notable rise, with the month becoming the best month for new sales since 2007, but what was the catalyst for the increase, and will new home sales rise higher?

Favorable real estate trends previously experienced out West have now begun to head East as shown in this month's Pro Teck Valuation Services Home Value Forecast.

Home sales for 2016 thus far have been in good shape, but it could be coming to an end, at least temporarily and especially for sales of existing homes that must eventually face the harsh reality of tight inventory and rising prices according to Zillow’s recent July home sales forecast

According to the last FHFA Home Price Index (HPI) report for May 2016, price appreciation slipped to a rate of 5.6 percent. What will the rate look like for this month's HPI?

Housing industry experts make predictions for the default servicing industry in a new white paper from the Five Star Institute, "U.S. Residential Mortgage Default Performance Update & Market Analysis."

What would the housing market and national median home value look like if the housing bubble and subsequent crisis hadn't occurred?