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Housing Market Sentiment Unchanged In August
Americans' view of the housing market has plateaued, according to the latest results of Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index. The...
Sep 15, 2023


2nd Quarter Mortgage Gains Show Market Strength
ATTOM Data Solutions' recently released second-quarter 2023 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report shows the total number...
Sep 13, 2023


Home Prices Increased 5% During First Half Of 2023
Nationally, home prices rose nearly 5 percent during the first half of 2023, according to new numbers from the S&P Case-Shiller Home...
Sep 12, 2023


Median Mortgage Payment Mostly Unchanged
The current housing market presents some challenges for home buyers. High home prices, too few homes for sale, and volatile mortgage...
Sep 11, 2023


Hot ZIP Code Report Reveals What Buyers Want
A lot of what home buyers want is predictable. It doesn't change much from year to year. Affordability, for example, is always a top...
Sep 6, 2023


Housing Market Dynamic Unlikely To Change
Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group releases a monthly outlook covering what they believe is ahead for the housing market...
Sep 5, 2023


New Home Sales Continue Summer Surge
In a lot of ways, there are two housing markets. There's the market for previously owned homes and the market for new homes. These days,...
Aug 31, 2023


Aug 30, 2023


Home Sales Slip But Inventory Improves
Sales of previously owned homes slipped 2.2 percent in July from the month before, according to new numbers from the National Association...
Aug 29, 2023


Have Home Prices Already Seen Their Bottom?
When mortgage rates started to increase last year, there was fear that home prices might soon crash. The expectation was that buyers...
Aug 24, 2023


Construction of New Homes Sees Summer Surge
When there are too few homes for sale, the quickest solution is to build more homes. New home construction offers buyers more options and...
Aug 23, 2023


Aug 22, 2023


Buyers To Benefit From Late Summer Slowdown
The housing market has a pattern and it's fairly easy to spot. It follows the seasons. Things start heating up in the spring and early...
Aug 21, 2023


Index Finds Americans Feeling More Confident
Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index measures how Americans feel about their personal financial situation, the overall economy, and...
Aug 17, 2023


What's The Median Mortgage Payment Look Like Now?
As a homeowner, your mortgage payment will likely be among your biggest monthly bills. That's why it's a good idea for prospective home...
Aug 15, 2023


Share Of Out-Of-Town Buyers Still Increasing
After the pandemic began in March 2020, there was an increase in the number of home shoppers looking to move to a new area. Remote work,...
Aug 14, 2023


Homeowners Say They're Getting Ready To Sell
The inventory of homes for sale has been low for years. In fact, supply has been an issue for most of the past decade. Then, it got worse...
Aug 9, 2023


Contract Signings See First Increase Since February
The National Association of Realtors' Pending Home Sales Index tracks the number of contracts to buy homes signed each month. The index...
Aug 7, 2023


New Home Sales Now 25% Higher Than Last Year
New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development show sales of newly built single-family...
Aug 3, 2023


Price Report Optimistic About Home Values
The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices is a closely followed monthly price report that has been tracking home values for nearly 30...
Aug 1, 2023
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