Market Data + Trends Survey Shows Perceived Impact of Rising Mortgage Rates for Builders A recent survey conducted by John Burns Real Estate Consulting asked home builders what they would expect if mortgage rates rose to five...
Market Data + Trends Rates Steadied Last Week, Sending Mortgage Application Volume Up In the second-to-last week of February 2018, mortgage interest rates held steady and the number of mortgage applications increased 2.7...
Market Data + Trends Texas, Nebraska Have 9 Out of 10 Best Cities in the U.S. to Raise a Family A new ranking of the top 10 cities for raising a family was compiled using data on housing costs as a percent of income, child care costs,...
Market Data + Trends The Correlation Between Housing Affordability, Cost of Living A new survey rating median income housing affordability in 2018 found that there is a direct correlation between housing unaffordability and...
Market Data + Trends Latest Ranking of Median Rent Prices Shows Renting in California Remains Most Expensive California has the most expensive rental markets in 27 of the 28 top cities in the U.S. for median rent, 35 of the top 50, and 68 of the top...
Market Data + Trends New GSE Policy Could Mean 'Drastically Changed' 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgages In an effort to reduce taxpayer risk, U.S. policymakers are now considering changes to Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae...
Market Data + Trends Single-Family Permits Increased Nearly 10 Percent in 2017 Between December 2016 and December 2017, 817,319 single-family permits were issued in the U.S. The District of Columbia and 45 states had...
Market Data + Trends Environmental Hazards Are Not Curbing Homebuyer Desire Home value appreciation rose 7.4 percent in the highest risk areas for man-made hazards like air pollution from the previous year, according...
Market Data + Trends How Much It Takes to Afford Home Payments in the 15 Largest U.S. Cities In the 15 largest cities in the U.S., homeowner's annual salary would need to be between $20,294 in Indianapolis, and $128,598 in San...
Market Data + Trends Home Value Growth Slowed Down in January 2017 A January 2017 market report found that home values grew at the slowest annual pace since November 2016. San Jose, Las Vegas, and Seattle...
