Category: Housing Market Updates

Have You Ever Seen a Housing Market Like This?
Housing Market Updates, Interest Rates, Pricing | September 8, 2020
Have You Ever Seen a Housing Market Like This?

The year 2020 will certainly be one to remember, with new realities and norms that changed the way we live. This year’s real estate market is certainly no exception to that shift, with historic highlights continuing to break records and challenge what many thought possible in the housing market. Here’s a look at four key areas that are fundamentally defining…

Homebuyer Demand Is Far Above Last Year’s Pace
For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Move-Up Buyers | September 3, 2020
Homebuyer Demand Is Far Above Last Year’s Pace

Homebuying has been on the rise over the past few months, with record-breaking sales powering through the market in June and July. Buyers are actively purchasing homes, and the momentum is continuing into the fall. It is, however, becoming harder for buyers to find homes to purchase. If you’ve been thinking about selling your house, the coming weeks might just…

How Will the Presidential Election Impact Real Estate?
Demographics, For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Interest Rates | September 2, 2020
How Will the Presidential Election Impact Real Estate?

The year 2020 will be remembered as one of the most challenging times of our lives. A worldwide pandemic, a recession causing historic unemployment, and a level of social unrest perhaps never seen before have all changed the way we live. Only the real estate market seems to be unaffected, as a new forecast projects there may be more homes…

Builders & Realtors Agree: Real Estate Is Back
For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates | August 25, 2020
Builders & Realtors Agree: Real Estate Is Back

When shelter-in-place orders brought the economy to a screeching halt earlier this year, many believed the residential housing market would follow suit. Countless analysts predicted buyer demand would disappear and home values would depreciate for the first time in almost a decade. That, however, didn’t happen. It appears the opposite is taking place. After the bottom fell out of the…

Forbearance Numbers Are Lower than Expected
Distressed Properties, Foreclosures, Housing Market Updates | August 20, 2020
Forbearance Numbers Are Lower than Expected

Originally, some housing industry analysts were concerned that the mortgage forbearance program (which allows families to delay payments to a later date) could lead to an increase in foreclosures when forbearances end. Some even worried that we might relive the 2006-2008 housing crash all over again. Once you examine the data, however, that seems unlikely. As reported by Odeta Kushi,…