September 17, 2021
Student Loan Debt Keeping Most Millennials from Homeownership
NAR report: 60% of millennials who aren’t homeowners say student loan debt is delaying their ability to buy a home; 51%...
September 16, 2021
U.S. Annual Home Prices Gain a Record 18% in July
CoreLogic: That’s the biggest 12-month gain since the series began 45 years ago. On a month-over-month basis, home...
September 15, 2021
Foreclosures May Bring More Zombie Properties
ATTOM: About 1.5M to 2M homeowners are already in some kind of forbearance, and the CFPB has now paved the way for...
September 14, 2021
Sustainability Is the New Normal
NAR: Over 50% of real estate clients are interested in sustainability; one-third of agents helped a client buy or sell a...
September 13, 2021
IRS Wants You to Confirm Your Bank ID? Don’t Do It
The IRS has gotten a record level of phishing complaints about stimulus payment offers sent via enticing and believable...
September 11, 2021
Homebuyers Have Tactics to Lower Frustration and Stress
Move-up buyers have unique challenges, and more may be landing with iBuyers because they can fairly easily buy one home...
September 10, 2021
Mortgage Rates Stable, 30-Year 2.88% This Week
The economy appears balanced if mortgage rates are an accurate reflection. This week’s average 30-year, fixed-rate loan...
September 9, 2021
Buyer Demand Didn’t Drop – It’s Hoping for a Crash
Frustrated homebuyers remember the last housing crisis and think it’s going to happen again as prices keep going higher...
September 8, 2021
Commute Time vs. Space: American Preferences Change
Survey: More people (60%, up from 53%) will to drive farther to work and shopping if it comes with a larger house and...
September 7, 2021
Can Most Pre-2020 Homebuyers Cancel Their PMI Insurance?
Buyers who put less than 20% down often need private-mortgage insurance – but with a 20% year-to-year uptick in home...
September 6, 2021
Less-than-Great Credit Score? How to Improve It
Stay current with creditors tracked by credit score firms, but also do some homework: Understand credit scores and how...
September 4, 2021
Mortgage Rates Unchanged this Week, Still at 2.87%
Rates continue to average less than 3% as signs show the economy – at least so far – appears to be outpacing the delta...
September 3, 2021
Metro Mortgages Can Be Cheaper than Paying Rent
In many areas, homeownership not only offers long-term wealth but also immediate cost benefits. For some FHA 3.5%-down...
September 2, 2021
Biden Releases Plan for 100K Affordable Housing Units in 3 Years
A cross section of federal agencies tinkered with policies in an effort to boost affordable housing and the middle...
September 1, 2021
Case-Shiller: Home Prices Soar at Record Pace in June
While housing price gains may be starting to slow, Case-Shiller’s June report found a year-to-year increase of almost...
August 31, 2021
NAR: Pending Home Sales Drop 1.8% in July
Year-to-year contract signings declined 8.5%. NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun says the market may be cooling a bit, but...
August 30, 2021
Cash buyers snatch a third of US home sales
More and more homebuyers and investors are coming to the negotiating table and closing deals with cash in hand.A third...
August 28, 2021
Mortgage Lender Gives $500K Discount to Vaccinated Borrowers
Neat Loans says COVID-19 created a new health risk for borrowers, and the credit is one way to lessen the chance that...
August 27, 2021
A Marginal Rise for 30-Year Mortgage Rates: Up to 2.87%
Mortgage rates have changed little in the past few weeks – not enough to signal any kind of alarming trend. Last week,...
August 26, 2021
Parents Buying College-Town Homes for Their Kids
Their children have a place to live that beats a dorm, but most parents see it as an investment – and a way to lower the...
August 25, 2021
July New-Home Sales Up 1% as Prices Skyrocket
After a string of declines, new-home sales reversed direction in July, albeit only a little bit. Median new-home prices...
August 23, 2021
Fed’s Powell: There’s No Returning to Pre-Pandemic Economy
The chair says the U.S. economy has been permanently changed by the pandemic, and the central bank must understand and...
August 21, 2021
RE Q&A: Can a Condo Community Post Speed Limit Signs?
People can’t follow rules they don’t know about, and speed limit signs are a relatively painless first step – but some...
August 20, 2021
Mortgage Rates Barely Move This Week: End at 2.86%
Without more homes listed for sale, mortgage money demand has evened out, leading to little week-to-week change. Last...
August 19, 2021
Fewer Bidding Wars May Open Door for More Buyers
SEATTLE – Housing market competition may show some signs of easing, as more markets report price cuts and fewer bidding...
August 18, 2021
Words to Sell Houses Changed During Pandemic
Most listing descriptions once started with things like “granite countertops” and “wood floors” – but words like “large”...
August 17, 2021
2020 Census Finds Most Diverse U.S. Population Ever
Nationally, 43% of U.S. residents are people of color (up from 2010’s 34%) and 57% are white (down from 63%.) In Fla.,...
August 16, 2021
Bidding Wars Coming Back – But in the Rental Market
In some areas, landlords faced with multiple rental applications are seeing some offer more rent or a higher deposit in...
August 14, 2021
Avoid 6 Common Real Estate Investing Mistakes
Start small? If you buy one rental as an investment, you lose 100% of your income if it’s not occupied. And good real...
August 13, 2021
NAR: 19 out of 20 Metros Had Double-Digit Price Growth in 2Q
Year-to-year, the median sale price of an existing U.S. home rose 22.9% in the second quarter – to $357,900. Prices were...
August 12, 2021
What’s in the $1T infrastructure bill for real estate
The Senate on Tuesday passed a $1 trillion infrastructure package, then turned to a $3.5 trillion measure that...
August 11, 2021
15 Cities Owned the Wild 2020 Market – 7 Were in Fla.
CoreLogic: Where did pandemic-burdened Americans move? Many to Fla. The data firm found 7 Fla. metros at the top – 3 on...
August 10, 2021
Pool Homes Commanding Higher Prices Across U.S.
While pools are unique in many U.S. areas, they’re more common in Fla. In some South Fla. metros, 3 out of 4 homes offer...
August 9, 2021
Most Consumers Now Comfy with Online Closings
After a year of the pandemic, 81% of adults say they’re okay buying things – even expensive things – online, especially...
August 7, 2021
Prediction: Lots of International Buyers Over the Next Year
The pandemic’s border closures and lockdowns dinged the international buyer market over the past year, but signs point...
August 6, 2021
NAR: Drones, Cybersecurity Are Real Estate’s Top Emerging Technologies
The 2021 Technology Survey listed drones (37%) and cybersecurity (34%) as top trends, with 5G connections (31%) and...
August 5, 2021
Owners with Non-Traditional Mortgages Get Federal Aid too
$10 billion worth of federal aid can be used by homeowners with all types of mortgages, including mobile home loans and...
August 4, 2021
Sales of $1M-Plus Homes Soar
Some Americans did well during the pandemic, boosting demand for luxury housing – a segment that doesn’t face the same...
August 3, 2021
Is the Office Back?
With in-person work on the rise, employees may return to reconfigured office layouts meant to encourage social...
August 2, 2021
Where Homes Are Selling the Most Over (and Under) Asking Price
Realtor.com: Prices and demand for homes in the suburbs continue to rise; homes sold below asking price tend to be in...
July 31, 2021
iBuyers upping offers as housing market rises
Trust for iBuyers is not the only thing rising in the industry, as the prices they are offering for homes is also...
July 30, 2021
Rise in home prices frees banks to offload mortgage risk
Banks are among the institutions taking advantage of a hot housing market by shedding mortgage risk with a new kind of...
July 29, 2021
Consumer Confidence Relatively Unchanged in July
U.S. consumers remain optimistic: July’s confidence index is about the same as June’s, after gains in each of the prior...
July 28, 2021
Nowhere to go but up? Home prices smash another record in May
As home sales stagnated in the spring, a nationwide seller’s market saw prices continue to skyrocket.Housing...
July 27, 2021
How Struggling Households Can Get Federal Rental Assistance
Renters may owe some $13.2B to $52.6B in back rent due to the pandemic, but fed, state and local programs can still help...
July 26, 2021
HUD Offers $19M to Fight Housing Discrimination
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has $19.4 million...
July 24, 2021
Instacart to build fulfillment centers near supermarkets
Instacart is the latest company seeking to cash in on the industrial real estate boom, making plans to build its own...
July 23, 2021
Housing investors went on spending spree in second quarter
As reported in The Real Deal.Investors showed no fear of rising home prices in the second quarter, going on a spending...
July 22, 2021
Canada to Reopen Its Borders on Aug. 9
As reported by Florida Realtors.In a likely boost for Fla. tourism and real estate, the Canadian government will ease...
July 21, 2021
New-Home Construction Jumps 6.3% Higher in June
As reported by Florida Realtors.It’s a positive turn during a year with wild construction swings. The biggest jump came...
July 20, 2021
June Rental Prices Broke Records in 44 Cities
As reported in Florda Realtors.Realtor.com rental listing costs were up 8.1% year-to-year in June, and two Fla. metros...
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