Home buying will remain expensive, so expect a competitive market for homes that need some work and for single-family rentals Affordability will remain a challenge, but Zillow expects buyers to have more options and a bit more financial breathing room in 2024. Rental market competition will...
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COST OF HOME REPAIRS INCREASES BY 6.6% FROM Q3 2022
Prices rise nationally by more than 64% over the past decade The cost of home repairs and remodeling in the third quarter of 2023 jumped by 6.6% nationally compared to a year earlier according to the new Verisk Remodel Index. Costs rose 1.7% from the second quarter of 2023 and are at the highest...
HOME-MORTGAGE LENDING DECLINES AGAIN ACROSS U.S. DURING THIRD QUARTER AS MORTGAGE RATES CLIMB
Residential Loans Drop 3 Percent After Brief Second-Quarter Surge; Purchase and Home-Equity Lending Both Down 7 Percent Following Earlier Gains; But Refinance Activity Rises for Second Straight Quarter ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, released its third-quarter...
Buyers Have a Few Things to Be Thankful For This Week, With Listings Rising and Mortgage Rates Falling
The median monthly mortgage payment has fallen more than $100 over the last month as rates dropped from 8% to 7.3%. Buyers are acting on the good news: Mortgage-purchase applications increased 4% this week to their highest level in six weeks. This week has brought some hopeful news for homebuyers,...
United States Real Estate Appraisal Market Insights and Forecast (2023-2028)
Increasing Adoption of Remote Online Notarization and Digital Real Estate Transactions The "US Real Estate Appraisal Market: Insights and Forecast (2023-2028)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The US real estate evaluation market has seen significant changes in recent...
Opportunity Zone Housing Markets Continue To Keep Up With Broader Price Gains Across Nation In Third Quarter
Median Home Values Increase in Majority of Opportunity Zones Targeted for Economic Redevelopment Around U.S.; Price Trends Inside Zones Continue to Roughly Match Broader Market Patterns; Opportunity Zone Home Values Again Improve Slightly More Than Elsewhere ATTOM, a leading curator of land,...
Economy Expected to Slow in 2024, Rebound in 2025
Home Sales Likely to Weaken in Near Term but Bottom Out Early Next Year Economic growth remains likely to decelerate and ultimately result in a mild recession in 2024, followed by a return to growth in 2025, according to the November 2023 commentary from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and...
Redfin Reports Pending Home Sales Rise to Highest Level in a Year
New listings were near their six-month high in October, helping drive an increase in pending sales, though buyers backed out of deals at the highest rate on record. The recent drop in mortgage rates could give sales another boost in November. U.S. pending home sales rose 1% month over month in...
TOP 20 CITIES FOR STEM JOB GROWTH ANNOUNCED IN RCLCO’S 2023 ANNUAL STEMdex
Austin, Denver, Seattle, Raleigh, and D.C. top the list of cities with the most momentum for STEM job growth Leading real estate advisory firm RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, announced the results of their 2023 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex), which projects which metropolitan areas will have the...









