Market Data + Trends Rent and Income Experienced Similar Growth in November 2017 The Zillow Rent Index in November 2017 was $1,435, up 2.4 percent from 2016, nearly matching the 2.5 percent annual income growth. This...
Trends The Most Competitive Housing Markets in 2017 The 2017 housing market was the most competitive since 2013 -- just over half of all offers written by Redfin agents experienced competition...
Trends High-End Homebuyers Are Now Struggling With the Bay Area Inventory Shortage There are 42 percent fewer premium homes, (homes in the top one-third of the market, priced at $2.5 million or more), available in San Jose...
New-Construction Projects Real Estate Investors May See a Multimillion-Dollar Tax Break A late provision added to the GOP tax plan would give real estate investors a new break, providing a 20 percent deduction on taxable income...
Opinion Tax Overhaul May Benefit Rental Owners and Developers Developers and owners in the rental market are seeing the potential benefits of the newly-passed tax bill, including a slightly lower...
Market Data + Trends Increased Condo Sales Help Drive November's Existing Home Sales to Record High An unusual jump in condo/coop sales for November, 14.3 percent month-over-month nationwide, boosted existing home sales 5.6 percent from...
Market Data + Trends Mortgage Payments Could Go up 13 Percent in 2018 New data assessing housing market affordability show that annual home-price gains were over 6 percent in recent months, and mortgage...
Trends The Cost of Living in These Cities Will Rise in 2018 The top 10 cities with rising cost of living expenses for 2018 may not come as a surprise, as they include some of the most expensive...
Trends The Hottest Real Estate Markets of 2017 In the latest top 20 ranking of the hottest real estate markets, each region of the U.S. was represented, and California took the top six...
Building Technology Augmented Reality Software to Change Interior Design, Consumer Behavior Founded in 2010, software company roOomy uses augmented reality (AR), virtual reality, and 3-D technology to change the way people visualize...
