Trends The American Middle Class Is Getting the 'Squeeze' A new book examines the disappearing of middle class America. Author Alissa Quart concludes that it currently costs 30 percent more to be...
Trends Seven Cities Shopping for Home Shoppers Many U.S. cities now offer financial incentive programs to woo new residents to move to their communities. A new ranking identifies which...
Trends Single-Family Rental Market Bullish, Helped by Online Platforms Investing in single-family rental properties has become a lot easier with the advent of online platforms speeding up the process, and...
Trends Sustained Price Appreciation in Denver Makes Saving Up Harder Renters in Denver may need 12 years to save up enough for a 20 percent down payment, says a new study from Zillow's real estate listing...
Trends Added Supply Not Enough in Many Metros A recent report from Trulia shows that the supply of for-sale homes was three times higher this spring than in spring 2017, possibly putting...
Trends Luxury Home Market Shining Homes may be getting more expensive, but that is not slowing down the nation's luxury home market. According to Realtor.com analysis, sales...
Trends Remote Control: Homebuyers Stay Competitive By Purchasing Sight Unseen Homebuyers are increasingly taking advantage of improved remote-viewing technology like FaceTime to stay competitive in markets with low...
Trends Will Americans Embrace ARMs Again? The share of adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) applications is still lower than it was before the housing crash. With interest rates rising,...
Trends Washington State Wonders Where It's Headed The Evergreen State is the nation's hottest housing market. With tens of offers rolling in within an hour of listing, and mere weeks of...
Trends Record-High Tappable Equity Not Enough to Spur Homeowner Spending Homeowners currently have the highest level of tappable equity ever recorded, yet memories of the housing crash, coupled with rising and...