The housing market is currently in a tizzy—prices hit new records seemingly every day, while inventory sits near record lows. Even with the market in its current state, people still need places to live, and overwhelmingly, they found them. Knowing ...
Read More »How Many Potential Homebuyers Actually Understand the Process?
A new survey by Ally Home found that only 53% of buyers felt confident in their knowledge of the homebuying process leading Ally to launch a new guide to help potential homeowners so they do not feel rushed or left ...
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 »Fannie Mae Surveys Market Sentiment
Have falling mortgage rates played a role in how lenders view the market? Click through to find out the results of a recent survey.
Read More »The State of Mortgage Lending and Servicing
What trends are impacting the landscape of lending and servicing in 2018? A new survey from the American Bankers Association seeks to provide insights into that topic, having polled 161 banks to assemble its data. The ABA’s 25th Residential Real ...
Read More »Where Home Prices Are Headed
Home prices continued to rise in April, with no signs of slowing down anytime soon. No real surprise, then, that a new Gallup survey finds most Americans anticipating that price climb to continue on its upward trajectory. But is that ...
Read More »Rising Rates, Squeezed Supply Have Housing Industry’s Attention
Today’s rising interest rates have some market participants concerned, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The survey reports that crimped housing supply, coupled with the higher cost to borrow, is chipping away at optimism. Some participants, however, feel that conditions in ...
Read More »Home Values: On the Rise
The housing market has been growing at a consistent pace, but it will take another five years for it to emerge from the shadow of the Great Recession, according to experts surveyed by Zillow in its Home Price Expectations Survey. ...
Read More »U.S. Remains Most Stable Destination For Foreign Investors
The U.S. got top marks for real estate market stability and capital appreciation, although New York slipped to second position as the city with the hottest properties for foreign investors in an annual survey.
Read More »Move Over New York, California Has the Priciest ZIP Code
California communities top the list of the 100 most expensive ZIP codes in the country, according to an annual ranking, followed by New York.
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