Boost From Buyers: Confidence in Housing Up
Confidence in housing again met an all-time high in September in the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI), propelled...
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Go Figure: Hipsters Are in Mainstream Markets
Culturally unsheltered and experience-happy, hipsters have massed in markets that meet their preference for "unconventional." These hubs typically have an...
Wooing Amazon: Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Amazon HQ2 Right Over
Cities and municipalities across the U.S. are scrambling to put together their portfolios. Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, is...
‘Inelastic’ Inventory: It’s Fate
Affordability is a complex web. Home prices, incomes and mortgage rates all factor in. Land use limitations also play a...
The Search Is On: It’s Prime Time for Amazon’s Second Headquarters
Last month, Amazon launched a national sweepstakes tied to an announcement that it would be investing in a second headquarters...
First-Time Homebuyers: Your Time Is Now
Fall is for first-timers. Seventy of the top 100 largest metropolitan areas see more starter homes on-market in October, November...
Home Searches Plummet in Houston, Miami
Realtor.com® views on properties in Houston and Miami plunged following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, tanking -4 percent and -25 percent...
Fed Decision: Mortgage Rates Unmoved
The Federal Reserve's recent decision to not raise the key interest rate left mortgage rates unmoved this week, with the...
Millennials Are Redefining Home-Buying Standards—and Gen Z Is Next
The home-buying approach varies from generation to generation—and in order to overcome down payment hurdles, millennial buyers are transforming the...
Pending Home Sales Underwhelm…Again
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma Could Stop Existing Sales Short of 2016 Pending home sales again underwhelmed in August, down 2.6 percent...
3 Ways to Boost Engagement With Selfie-Style Content
In the age of TikTok, hyper-polished, overly-produced videos are a thing of the past. Today’s most effective social media content is simple, scrappy and all you need is your phone. Read more.
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