Economics Booming Borrowing In the week of January 7th, 2019, total mortgage application volume grew 13.5 percent over the previous week, 0.5 percent annually, to a...
Single-Family Homes Australia Housing 'Perilously Close' to 'Disorderly' Correction The American housing market is not the only one in for a correction. Australia's record-low rates, glut of apartments, and tight lending all...
Affordability 10 'Safe Harbors' Offer Affordability, Recreation A mix of metros located in the American South, Midwest, and Rust Belt have low crime and affordable home values for homebuyers with or...
Opinion IRS Home Loan Program Reinstated An Internal Revenue Service program integral to the closing process was recently reopened by the Trump administration, after closure for the...
Smart + Resilient Cities Rust Belt an 'Ecosystem of Innovation' Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Kansas City, Madison, Wisc., and other Rust Belt beacons are being reborn as smart, sustainable cities bustling with...
Affordability California's 'Aggressive' Housing Supply Law Reform California Governor Gavin Newsom's 2019-2020 budget proposes that local governments not meeting new housing product targets will not receive...
Economics The Highs and Lows of Rental Prices in America Home price appreciation may be slowing down, but not enough to make it less affordable than buying a home, according to new research from...
Affordability 10 Affordable Housing Hotbeds In 10 U.S. cities, aspiring homeowners can purchase a house for less than the national median home price, $222,000. Using Census and...
Builders Big Builders Talk 2019 As the new year in housing kicks off, one home builder is predicting a market bounce-back, while the other is taking a "more holistic view"...
Economics More Than 1 Million Buyers Could Be Pushed Out of Market in 2019 Home prices and mortgage rates are expected to keep rising in 2019, and a new report concludes that would "price out" more than 1 million U...
