Housing Markets Where Did They Come From and Where Did They Go?—Top Pandemic Migration Hotspots Remote workers left cold and expensive cities throughout the pandemic to try their luck in warmer and more affordable housing markets
Market Data + Trends Why Elevated Mortgage Rates Could Be the Housing Market’s Biggest Threat Yet Mortgage rates have officially crossed the 4% threshold, drawing affordability concerns from homebuyers and market experts alike
Market Data + Trends Millennials Are Making an Untimely Entry Into a Volatile Housing Market As Millennials enter into the housing market to search for their first homes, they are being met with fierce competition and dwindling supply
Housing Policy + Finance High Housing Costs Are Driving an Inflation Crisis Nationwide Plunging housing supply is pushing shelter inflation to new highs, but economists can find no quick fix to deliver affordability
Market Data + Trends Economists Are Lowering Their Sales Forecasts as Mortgage Rates Hit New High Rising mortgage rates exceeded expectations with a 26 basis point increase to 4.72% on Tuesday
Affordability Annual Home Value Growth Is Accelerating Ahead of Spring Buying Season Annual home value growth could peak one more time before slowing at the start of 2023
Market Data + Trends The Housing Market Could Be On Track for a Substantial Downshift, One Analyst Says An uptick in mortgage interest rates could price out a large share of buyers and lead to market deceleration in just a few short months
Market Data + Trends Monthly Asking Rents Rose to a New High in February Asking rents are up 40% in Austin as dreams of homeownership are dashed for a growing number of prospective buyers
Affordability Home Value Appreciation Outpaced Median Salaries Across 25 Metros in 2021 Home prices rose faster than median incomes in the majority of metro areas tracked by Zillow in 2021
Demographics Against All Odds, Hispanic Buyers Are Slowly Closing the Homeownership Gap As more Hispanic Americans reach prime homebuying years over the next two decades, a longstanding homeownership gap will continue to shrink
