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Affordability

Renting has plenty of downsides, including fluctuating rents and general instability, but one of the biggest obstacles is that it is tough...

Single-Family Homes

Homeowners are favorable to their properties, but appraisers are a little more level-headed. HousingWire reports that appraised home...

Economics

U.S. Government Delays Dodd-Frank Reform

Reuters reports that the review of the Dodd-Frank, a financial reform law passed in 2010, will not be completed by June as originally...

Builders

Wages have increased 2.5 percent nationally since last year. Unfortunately for prospective buyers, house prices have risen 8 percent during...

Sales

House shoppers aren’t turned off by rising home prices and mortgage rates

Single-Family Homes

While 98 percent of homes in San Francisco have surpassed pre-recession peak values, only 2.5 percent of homes in southern neighbor Fresno...

Sales

Several counties in the Miami market are still reeling from the housing bubble. The Sun Sentinel reports that median property values in...

Economics

Retail Job Loss Could Impact Rental Market

Over the first three months of 2017, department and general merchandise stores across the country cut 71,000 jobs, wiping out two years of...

Sales

According to the latest Realtors Confidence Index Survey, NAR members project a 4 percent home price change over the next 12 months. ...

Economics

America’s Suburbs Are Becoming Poorer

The suburbs were once synonymous with economic mobility and the American Dream, but that is no longer the case. Richard Florida of...

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