Homeownership Rate Ticks Up
At the height of real estate season, the homeownership rate ticked up. According to Census data, the homeownership rate has...
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Mortgage Rates Roused After Slipping for Weeks
Mortgage rates roused this week, with the average 30-year, fixed mortgage at a 4.54 percent rate, up from 4.52 percent...
Existing-Home Sales Slip, but Inventory Stirs
Barely budging against imbalanced inventory, existing-home sales slipped at the start of summer, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reports....
Employment Gains Push Rents Up
Driven by employment growth, the cost of a single-family rental rose 2.9 percent year-over-year, according to the April CoreLogic Single-Family...
NAR: 6 Percent Bump in Memberships, With Diverse Entrants
Membership in the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR)—which, for agents and brokers, denotes higher standards than what is required by...
Builder Confidence Healthy in July
Builder confidence is healthy, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). The...
Down, but Not Out: Buyers See Some Success
Against discouragingly inadequate inventory and high prices, buyers are finding a way, according to a new survey. Fifty-one percent of...
Housing Starts: Ground-Breaking in June Plummets
Home-building in June sharply slid, with overall starts toppling 12.3 percent, and single-family starts tumbling 9.1 percent, according to the...
The Biggest Homeownership Hurdles for Millennials
Millennials should be making a sizable stamp in homeownership, but they have been largely absent from the housing space. Why...
First-Timers: Better Chances in Colorado and Texas
The housing market today is unprecedented, and buyers are contending with cost pressures and short supply—but, according to a recent...
Frozen Lockboxes: Tools and Strategies for Deicing Before a Showing
A truly blistering winter can freeze up locks, both lockboxes and locks on the doors themselves, so it can pay off to have a fast-acting solution. Read more.
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