Sales The Best Housing Markets for First-Time Buyers These 30 housing markets are good for first-time homebuyers because of their affordability, stability, and quality of life, the New York...
Sales Bidding Wars Hit Lowest Rate Since 2011 Only 11.2% of Redfin offers entered bidding wars in July, the lowest rate since 2011. The national bidding war rate hasn’t surpassed 15...
Sales Pending Home Sales See First Annual Gain in 17 Months June pending home sales were 1.6% higher than a year earlier, marking the first annual gain in 17 months, CNBC reports. Consumers signed...
Sales Homeownership Rate for Young Americans Is on the Rise HousingWire reports that the homeownership rate for Americans under 35 saw the largest increase of any group in the second quarter of 2019. ...
Sales Home Sales Tumble as Prices Surge to Record High Sales of existing homes fell more than expected in June, indicating that the housing market is struggling to regain speed since hitting a...
Sales U.S. Home Sales to Foreign Buyers Have Plummeted The dollar volume of U.S. homes purchased by foreign buyers fell 36% in the year ending in March, HousingWire reports. Purchases by...
Sales Existing-Home Sales Fall in June, Puzzling Economists Sales of existing homes fell a seasonally-adjusted 1.7% in June, Realtor.com reports. Existing-home sales fell 1.7% to a seasonally...
Sales How to Get $5,000 From Amazon for Buying a House Amazon’s new TurnKey service will reward homebuyers who use Realogy with up to $5,000 in home services and products, the New York Times...
Sales Purchases of U.S. Homes by Foreigners Drops 36% The dollar amount of U.S. residences purchased by foreign buyers between April 2018 and March 2019 dropped 36% from the previous year, CNBC...
Sales The Housing Market May Be Stronger Than it Appears Forbes reports that recent home sales numbers showing month-to-month losses should be replaced by longer-term, more reliable statistics. ...
