Tag Archives: For-Sale 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.”

A recent Point2 study examined America’s fastest-selling and most expensive ZIP codes, showing that while inventory fell dramatically in some of the nation’s priciest markets, homes are selling faster than the year before, with some million-dollar estates selling in just one week.

As homebuyers continue to back out of the housing market, home sellers are providing concessions to help reduce the buyers’ total cost of purchasing the home, according to a new Redfin report, offering some house hunters a sense of financial relief in hopes to sell their homes quickly.

As limited supply and affordability barriers continue to hinder potential homebuyers, Bankrate surveyed how U.S. adults feel about the ever-changing housing market, revealing that nearly half of all Americans believe it's a bad time to buy, while many others believe they'll never be able to afford their dream home. Here’s what else the survey revealed.

As sky-high mortgage rates continue to hamper potential homebuyers, smaller markets are the star of the show in the Wall Street Journal and Realtor.com's latest Emerging Housing Markets Index, offering more affordability and job opportunities.

While housing affordability and competition tighten across the U.S., three cities in the Big Apple are among the nation’s fastest housing markets, according to a new report from Redfin. Click through to learn which NY regions are having homes fly off the market.

While a slight increase in new listings offers potential buyers more housing inventory to choose from, Redfin has found that many are backing out of the market, as mortgage rates sit near levels last seen two decades ago.

The total value of the U.S. housing market surged more than $2.6 trillion year-over-year, nearly 50% higher than pre-pandemic levels, as a new Zillow report revealed which states and metro areas boast the most valuable real estate in the nation.

Consumer homebuying power decreased from June to July 2023 and decreased 11.0% year-over-year, according to the First American Real House Price Index, sending housing affordability to its lowest level in more than three decades.

While mortgage-purchase applications fell to a 28-year low in August, the median U.S. home-sale price is up nearly 5% year-over-year. Due to a severe lack of inventory, high housing costs continue to dampen homebuying demand, according to a new report from Redfin.