In a little under two years, owning a home becomes more financially viable than renting an identical home, according to the latest Zillow Buy-Rent Breakeven Horizon. It takes just under 1 year and 11 months for homeownership to be more ...
Read More »From Home Listings to Home Flipping
Zillow made its name as an online real estate database, helping homebuyers shop for houses whether they were right down the street or on the other side of the country. Recently, however, Zillow announced it had plans to branch out ...
Read More »Low Credit Scores Add Up
A “fair” credit score between 640 and 679 could cost a borrower around $720 a year in extra mortgage payments than a borrower with an “excellent” score, according to a new Zillow study. Zillow analyzed Annual Percentage Rate (APR) terms ...
Read More »Why Many Millennials Still Live with Mom
A report found that nearly a quarter of millennials are living with their parents. Are rising rents to blame?
Read More »In a Tough Buyer’s Market, Ownership is Still Rising
It was another quarter in which homeownership rose in the U.S. And that was largely because millennials and Hispanics are in the market according to a study.
Read More »Housing Inventory Shortages Hitting This Sector Hard
If the market feels a little competitive this spring, it’s not just your imagination. Home values are rising, inventory is continuing on a downward spiral, and, according to Zillow, “This year’s home-shopping season will be one of the most competitive ...
Read More »The Long-Term Impact of Redlining on Home Prices
As the nation is celebrating the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s signing of the Fair Housing Act, Zillow Research has taken a look at the impact of the sort of policies the Fair Housing Act was intended to ...
Read More »Which Features Boost Home Sale Prices?
Selling a home can sometimes be as much art as science, but there are some things that work consistently well. Zillow recently analyzed the features that best help move homes and land higher sale prices, discovering along the way that ...
Read More »Single-Family Rentals on the Rise
Single family rentals are on the rise as more renters look for more space. With renters looking to move from apartments to houses, the path to homeownership grows shorter.
Read More »The Hidden Costs of Selling a Home
According to a new study by Zillow and Thumbtack.com, U.S. homeowners are spending an average of nearly $20,000 to sell their homes in 2018. The exact total is $18,342, according to Zillow and Thumbtack’s 2018 Hidden Costs of Selling analysis, ...
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