Category: Housing Market Updates

Homes Across the Country Are Selling Fast [INFOGRAPHIC]
For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Infographics | September 18, 2020
Homes Across the Country Are Selling Fast [INFOGRAPHIC]

Some Highlights Buyers are actively searching for and purchasing homes at a record-breaking pace. According to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), in July, 68% of homes were on the market for less than a month. With homes moving from listing day to pending sale in an average of just 22 days, it’s a great time…

How Low Inventory May Impact the Housing Market This Fall
For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Interest Rates, Move-Up Buyers, Pricing | September 17, 2020
How Low Inventory May Impact the Housing Market This Fall

Real estate continues to be called the ‘bright spot’ in the current economy, but there’s one thing that may hold the housing market back from achieving its full potential this year: the lack of homes for sale. Buyers are actively searching for and purchasing homes, looking to capitalize on today’s historically low interest rates, but there just aren’t enough houses…

The Surging Real Estate Market Continues to Climb
For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates | September 16, 2020
The Surging Real Estate Market Continues to Climb

Earlier this year, realtor.com announced the release of the Housing Recovery Index, a weekly guide showing how the pandemic has impacted the residential real estate market. The index leverages a weighted average of four key components of the housing industry by tracking each of the following: Housing Demand – Growth in online search activity Home Price – Growth in asking…

Two New Surveys Indicate Urban to Suburban Lean
For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates | September 14, 2020
Two New Surveys Indicate Urban to Suburban Lean

There has been much talk around the possibility that Americans are feeling less enamored with the benefits of living in a large city and now may be longing for the open spaces that suburban and rural areas provide. In a recent Realtor Magazine article, they discussed the issue and addressed comments made by Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National…

The Latest Unemployment Rate Fell to 8.4%
For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates | September 9, 2020
The Latest Unemployment Rate Fell to 8.4%

Last Friday, the Bureau for Labor Statistics released their Employment Report for August 2020. The big surprise was that the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%, a full percent lower than what many analysts had forecasted earlier in the week. Though it is tough to look at this as great news when millions of Americans are still without work, the number…