Economics International Pressure Creates Even Mortgage Rates In the week starting December 10, 2018, mortgage rates were even after two weeks of declines to the lowest levels since September 2018. ...
Sales Housing Stock 'Bumping Along the Bottom' Rather than signaling significant growth, the supply of for-sale homes grew 0.4 percent annually in November 2018, following October's 2...
Economics Median Home Value Growth in All 50 States Over the past 48 years, U.S. homes have more than doubled in value. All real estate being local, a new report examines which states have had...
Builders Cooling Market, Growing Households and More 2019 Predictions A new end-of-year report from Redfin offers 7 predictions for the 2019 housing market including easier access to credit for homebuyers and a...
Economics Unpredictable Stock Market a Drag on Home Loan Volume According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted report, total mortgage application volume was down 5.8 percent last week...
Economics California's Coming Housing Crisis During the last housing crash, California's exurban areas "imploded," resulting in millions of foreclosures for middle- and working-class...
Economics Lenders Offering Riskier Loan Products As Rates Rise As the rate for fixed mortgage loans continues its ascent, lenders are offering risky, non-qualifying home loan products that do not conform...
Builders 9 in 2019: Housing Trends to Watch A new ranking reveals 9 challenges, welcome developments, and housing's most wanted in 2019. While housing inventory and financing is...
Economics With Recent Rate Drop, Will Sales Grow? In the second week of December 2018, interest rates fell to the lowest level since September, easing borrowing costs, and offering the...
Builders Builder Confidence at 3-Year Low According to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, home builder sentiment had a 56 point reading in...
