Tag Archives: Price Appreciation

NAR reports that single-family existing-home sales prices rose in the vast majority of metros nationwide in the third quarter, with the national median home price growing to more than $406K.

A rise in mortgage rates over the past year and inflationary concerns have constrained the purchasing power of prospective buyers, resulting in home price declines of the past two quarters.

Eric Fox, Chief Economist at Veros, commented, “This decrease to an average depreciation of -0.5% over the next 12 months is the first time in over a decade that Veros’ average house price forecast has gone negative."

According to the latest Home Data Index Market Report from Clear Capital, home price appreciation cooled markedly in August as it’s proprietary Clear Capital Home Data Index for the second quarter of 2022 rose 7.4% over the previous quarter; on ...

DS News sat down with Xome’s CEO to discuss such hot-button topics as the current state of the industry and the auction process.

Economists have found that improvements in the economy and a rise in wage growth will continue to push mortgage rates upward and decrease consumer house-buying power as 2021 bleeds into 2022.

What separates Reno from Columbus? Foreclosure inventory, according to a study that used foreclosures as a percent of sales as a tie-breaker for comparing the sales and prices of homes in both these cities.

With a new year on the horizon, what does the future have in store? A recent report breaks down the top five market trends to look out for in 2018.

Though prices are up and mortgage rates are rising, housing is still pretty affordable—at least by historical standards. According to new data, the beginning of 2017 saw steady credit access, rising borrower FICO scores, and a decline in refinance transactions. The average FICO score of a first-time GSE buyer in January was 739.7.

U.S. residential properties sold at an estimated annual pace of 5.2 million in April, according to RealtyTrac's April 2014 Residential & Foreclosure Sales Report. April's sales pace is a decrease of less than 1 percent from March, but an increase of 4 percent from April 2013.