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Home Prices Register Biggest Annual Increase in More Than a Year: Report
More sellers are entering the market, with active sales listings hitting the highest level since March 2020.
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Buyers and Sellers Both Come Off the Sidelines in April, Report Says
Redfin still characterizes the current market as a buyer’s market, but no longer a ‘strengthening’ buyer’s market.
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US Rents Fall for 33rd Straight Month as Multifamily Construction Surges
More than three-fourths of the top 50 metro areas recorded annual declines in rents, according to Realtor.com.
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Dream Finders Proposes $704 Million All-Cash Offer for Beazer Homes
The proposed merger would create the nation’s seventh-largest homebuilder.
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US Existing Home Sales Flat in April: NAR
Sales rebounded to a 0.2 percent increase in April from a 3.6 percent decline in March, but showed little ‘spring’ during the peak homebuying season.
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Less Than 11 Percent of New Construction Is in Urban Areas, Report Finds
The report shows that nearly 80 percent of new homes for sale are located in suburban areas, compared with more than 55 percent of existing homes.
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US Pending Home Sales Hit Nearly 4-Year High
Housing costs have come down over the past year amid a decline in mortgage rates, attracting buyers to the market.
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Multi-Generational Households on the Rise, With California Leading the Way, Report Finds
Realtor.com attributes rising demand for such homes to higher housing and child care costs, cultural traditions, and more adapted housing stock.
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New Homebuyers in Some Cities Face Double the Property Taxes of Their Neighbors
The longer a homeowner remains in the house and the faster the home values rise, the wider the property tax gaps grow, according to a new study.
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US Mortgage Debt Hits $13.2 Trillion, Average Household Owes Nearly $109,000
Mortgage debt has been on an upward trend over the past few years, WalletHub said.
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US Single-Family Housing Starts Reach 13-Month High in March
Building permits for privately owned housing units dropped by 10.8 percent from February.
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HUD Rescinds Housing Policy, Shaving $20,000 Off Home Construction Costs
The policy made new home construction ineligible for USDA or FHA-backed mortgages unless it complied with ‘burdensome’ energy conservation standards.
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Home Prices Fall in More Than Half of Major Metro Markets: Case-Shiller
The national housing price index rose 0.7 percent year over year in February.
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US Homebuilders Lean on Incentives to Unload Homes in Challenging Market
D.R. Horton expects its incentive levels to remain elevated and increase further.
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New Listings Tick Up 3 Percent as Mortgage Rates Continue to Slide
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate has dipped to 6.23 percent, according to Freddie Mac.
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Mortgage Demand Surges as Interest Rates Fall for 3rd Straight Week: MBA
Still, the spring U.S. housing market remains ‘unseasonably slow.’
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More Young Adults Show Interest in Construction, but Recruitment Challenges Remain: Report
Most young people cited good pay and the opportunity to gain useful skills as the main reasons for choosing this career.
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Renting More Affordable Than Buying Across All 50 Major US Metros: Report
In some markets, homeownership makes more sense than renting as costs are similar, while in expensive coastal areas, many potential buyers must rent.
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AI Boom Sends San Francisco Home Prices to Record High
Redfin said the city’s booming tech sector and tight inventory helped make it the nation’s most expensive major metro.
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US Residential Foreclosures Spike in First Quarter as Consumer Financial Pressures Mount
The number of properties with a foreclosure filing was up by 26 percent year over year.
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