LGBTQ buyers purchasing older, smaller homes than other Americans
Homebuyers from America’s LGBTQ community purchase older, smaller, and less expensive homes than non-LGBTQ buyers, according to the 2021 Profile of LGBTQ Home Buyers and Sellers released today by the National [...]
To sell your home fast, list it on a Thursday before Labor Day
Is Monday better than Friday? Saturday better than Sunday? In today's competitive housing market, the time it takes to sell a home is measured in days, not weeks. Homes listed [...]
Pending home sales drop 4.4% in April taking a step backward
Pending home sales took a step backward in April, according to the National Association of Realtors. All four U.S. regions recorded year-over-year increases, but only the Midwest witnessed month-over-month gains [...]
Is the real estate market changing? Existing-home sales down 2.7% in April
Is something changing in the real estate market? Existing-home sales waned in April, marking three straight months of declines, according to the National Association of Realtors. All but one of [...]
Analysis: consumer spending will propel 2021 economic growth
Some good news after a year and a half of not-so-great news. After recording the quickest recovery in the nation's history in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. [...]
Economic experts predict bright path for commercial real estate in 2021
Real estate is looking mighty bright for 2021 especially the commercial sectors. The U.S. economy experienced one of the swiftest declines in history last year, followed by a quick and [...]
Survey: Minorities and student debt holders purchased lower-priced homes
New data in Zillow's Monthly Market Report1 suggests the inventory crunch throwing home searchers into a tizzy may be starting to turn around as record appreciation of home values makes [...]
Housing market reaches record-high home price and gains in March
Amid COVID, existing-home sales fell in March, marking two consecutive months of declines, according to the National Association of Realtors. The month of March saw record-high home prices and gains. [...]
As lease addendums rise, marijuana businesses adapt by buying commercial property
What do the housing market and legalized marijuana have in common? As marijuana becomes legalized in more parts of the country and as an increasing number of states grow, harvest, [...]
How credit scoring impacts fair lending, minority homeownership rates
The use of new data to determine prospective buyers' creditworthiness will increase opportunities for homeownership among Black and Latino Americans, according to new research outlined recently shared at a virtual [...]