us home equity gains rose annually in q3 but fell sharply from q2

CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, released the Homeowner Equity Report (HER) for the third quarter of 2022. The report shows that U.S. homeowners with mortgages (which account for roughly 63% of all properties) saw equity increase by 15.8% year over year, representing a collective gain of $2.2 trillion, for an average of $34,300 per borrower, since the third quarter of 2021. Nationwide, annual home equity gains

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U.S. FORECLOSURE COMPLETIONS INCREASE ANNUALLY BY 64 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER 2022

Foreclosure Activity Remains Up 57 Percent from Last Year, and Foreclosure Starts Increase Annually by 98 Percent; But Both Measures Down from October 2022 ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data,  released its November 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 30,677 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions – up 57 percent from a year ago, but down

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High Mortgage Rates Remain Primary Impediment to Housing Sentiment

HPSI Breaks Consecutive-Decline Streak but Remains Just Above All-Time Low The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) increased 0.6 points in November to 57.3, its first increase in nine months, though it remains just above the all-time low set last month and significantly lower than its level at this time last year. Four of the index’s six components increased modestly month over month, including those associated with homebuying and home-selling conditions; however,

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SVN | SFR Capital Management and Marketplace Homes Announce U.S. Build-for-Rent and Scattered Home Investment Joint Venture

Provides end-to-end acquisition, asset management, maintenance and resident care for BFR and SFR rentals nationwide Build-for-Rent (“BFR”) commercial real estate investment firm SVN | SFR Capital Management (“SVN | SFR”) announced it has entered into a joint venture agreement to acquire, own and operate rental homes with Marketplace Homes, a national brokerage and property management company. The joint venture will operate under the ‘Curbside Residential’ brand and integrate Marketplace Homes’ end-to-end property management, asset

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Mid-Atlantic States, California and Illinois More Vulnerable to Housing Market Declines in Q3

Risk of Potential Downturns Highest in New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia;Other At-Risk Markets Scattered Along Eastern Seaboard and Inland California;While South Region Still Less Vulnerable ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data, released a Special Housing Risk Report spotlighting county-level housing markets around the United States that are more or less vulnerable to declines, based on home affordability, foreclosures and other measures in the third quarter of 2022. The report

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Zillow’s Hot Housing Takes for 2023

The Midwest will move to the forefront as affordability remains housing’s biggest issue Midwestern markets will heat up, and more friends and family members will pool their money to buy homes together in 2023, as people look for new ways to overcome the housing affordability crisis. However, that crisis will stabilize — if not improve — from its pandemic-era apex, Zillow® economists predict. New construction will be focused on rental units, and

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