What Does Affordability Look Like Now?
Affordability is always a top concern for home buyers. That's no surprise. Buying a home is a major financial transaction and you want to...
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- 5 days ago
Housing Slowdown To Continue Due To Fed Policy
Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group releases a forecast each month detailing the group's view of where the housing market...
- 7 days ago
Home Price Index Finds Increases Decelerating
The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are among the leading measures of U.S. home prices. The indices cover all nine census divisions...
- Sep 26
What's New In New Home Construction?
You can tell a lot about the housing market by watching the balance of supply and demand. When there are too few homes for sale, the...
- Sep 23
Homes Still Sell Quickly As Sales Season Closes
Sales of existing homes were relatively flat in August from the month before, according to new numbers from the National Association of...
- Sep 20
Early Fall May Be The Best Time To Buy
Summer's great for a lot of reasons, but it may not be the best time to buy a home. A hot summer market means competition, higher prices,...
- Sep 16
Risk Report Ranks Housing Market Vulnerability
ATTOM Data Solutions' recently released Special Housing Risk Report took a look at county-level housing markets across the country and...
- Sep 15
Active Listings Continue To Grow
Conditions are better for buyers when there are more homes for sale. That's why it's good news that active listings are finally moving...
- Sep 14
What Home Building Says About Buyer Preferences
You can tell a lot about home buyers by what – and where – home builders are building homes. Their business depends on giving buyers what...
- Sep 9
What Do Americans Think About The Market Now?
Each month, Fannie Mae asks Americans how they feel about the housing market, mortgage rates, prices, and whether it's a good time to buy...
- Sep 8
Foot Traffic Slows As Markets Normalize
Home sales are a good way to measure how many buyers are active in the housing market. But home sales only count the buyers who've found...
- Sep 7
Time On Market Improves For 1st Time In Years
When homes are selling quickly, home buyers need to be prepared. If they aren't, they risk losing a home they're interested in to a...
- Aug 31
Home Buyers Regain Some Negotiating Power
There's a reason it's called a seller's market. When there are too few homes for sale and plenty of buyers, home seller's set the terms....
- Aug 30
Contract Signings Fall But Less Than Month Before
Measuring the number of contracts to buy homes signed in a given month will give you a good idea of what the following month's home sales...
- Aug 29
Typical U.S. Home Value Sees Small Decline
Home values have been rising steadily for years now. The pandemic caused them to accelerate, but it's not as though they just start...
- Aug 24
Market For Smaller Homes Remains Competitive
The housing market has gotten a little easier for buyers lately. Listings are lasting longer and home-price increases have slowed. It's...
- Aug 22
Existing Home Sales Fall In July
Sales of previously owned homes fell 5.9 percent in July, according to new numbers from the National Association of Realtors. The decline...