Outside it may be cold and snowy with early storms, but housing prices are warning up in some of the most stunningly negative Midwestern and Northeastern markets, according to Clear Capital’s November market report. Regionally the West still leads the appreciation parade, with quarterly increases of 1.2 percent and annualized price growth at 7.5 percent.  But the Northeast and Midwest … Read More »

Home sales dropped 3.4 percent in October, surprising housing economists and raising concern about the strength of the recovery especially since mortgage rates remaining below 4 percent for the third straight month, existing According to Bloomberg, economists had forecast that existing sales dropped 2.7% in October at an annual rate of 5.40 million. Economists had noted that after a 4.7% … Read More »

Tight inventories and strong demand are combining to push starter home prices out of the reach of buyers, keeping them in rentals.  As a result, rents are rising even more, trapping young households in a cycle of price pain with no escape. The latest September data from the CoreLogic HP reports home prices nationwide, including distressed* sales, increased by 6.4 … Read More »

Purchases by current homeowners helped bolster home prices in August, according to results from the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey. “Current homeowner purchases are supporting the housing market,” said Tom Popik, research director for Campbell Surveys. “Metrics such as the sales-to-list price ratio show a strong housing market, particularly in western states. Nonetheless, forward-looking commentary from real estate … Read More »

A study by Federal Reserve economists Elora Raymond and Jessica Dill found that it’s true that first-time homebuyers prefer to buy in the city.  They tend to live closer city centers than existing homeowners who are burying a new home.  First-timers buy within an average of 5.8 to 5.9 miles from city centers whereas existing owners prefer 6 to y25 … Read More »

Sold prices rose 28 percent in Detroit over the past year, topping the list of Pro Teck Valuation Services’ Home Value Forecast. Others included in the list were Palm Bay, FL; Port St. Lucie, FL; Merced, CA; and, San Francisco, CA. “While Detroit has seen healthy gains this year, the Home Value Forecast rating system shows that Detroit is still … Read More »

  What would an influx of 3.8 million entry-level homes do for housing affordability? Limited inventory and strong demand continue to push home prices higher in America’s hottest housing markets, leading to declining affordability.  Forecasters are raising their predictions as tight inventories of homes, particularly lower priced properties, keep first-time buyers on the sidelines. Those 3.8 million homes, nearly twice … Read More »

Home prices nationwide rose by 6.5 percent in June, the 40th straight month of year-over-year increases, and will keep on rising by 4.5 percent through June 2016, CoreLogic said today. On a month-over-month basis, home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased by 1.7 percent in June 2015 compared with May 2015. The national average price on the CoreLogic index is now … Read More »

  The most populated segment of housing markets, mid-tier priced homes selling between $120,000 and $345,000 are the worst segment in terms of price appreciation, selling nearly 25 percent below peak levels, keeping the recovery locked into low gear July data from Clear Capital revealed that the low-tier is closest to peak 2006 levels, with prices only 10.1% below 2006 … Read More »

By now, more and more Millennials were supposed to be cutting the apron strings, living independently from their parents and establishing their own households. But the opposite is happening.  Five years into the economic recovery, even though unemployment is down, full-time work is up and wages have modestly rebounded, the nation’s 18- to 34-year-olds are less likely to be living … Read More »