Residential Archives - Page 13 of 15

March 25, 2020

How the coronavirus will impact U.S. home prices

Some are saying we may see a collapse in home prices – Does this theory hold up? In these unprecedented times, I find myself reflecting on Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone monologue on travel into an...

March 18, 2020

U.S. Counties with the Greatest Single Family Rental Growth

The high-level takeaways from ATTOM Data Solutions’ newly released 2020 U.S. Single Family Rental Market Report are potential rental returns decrease from a year ago in 59 percent of the U.S. counties analyzed, while the...

March 17, 2020

Will rock-bottom interest rates lead to higher mortgage fees?

NAR, MBA and other groups warn against using mortgage g-fees as federal “piggy bank” Rock-bottom mortgage rates are dangling an enticing revenue source in front of federal lawmakers: Guarantee fees, known as g-fees. The American...

March 4, 2020

Vacant “Zombie” Foreclosures Increase to 3.1 Percent Nationwide

IRVINE, Calif. – February 27, 2020 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database and first property data provider of Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), today released its Q1 2020 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure...

March 2, 2020

FHFA: U.S. house prices gained 5.1% in Q4

This marks the 34-consecutive quarter of home price gains U.S. house prices increased 5.1% in the fourth quarter from a year ago, matching the pace of the prior quarter, according to the Federal Housing Finance...

February 28, 2020

U.S. Foreclosure Activity Up 13 Percent in January 2020, 2nd Consecutive Month-Over-Month Increase

Foreclosure Starts Decrease Nationally, While REOs Increase From a Year Ago There were 60,085 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings in January 2020, up 13 percent from December 2019 and up 7 percent from a year...

February 24, 2020

Here’s where the real housing affordability crisis exists

When is the last time you heard about booming construction in low-cost rentals anywhere in America? In the age of quick news cycles and social media, it can be hard to make heads or tails...

February 19, 2020

How fear of new things is crushing real estate agents’ growth potential

Change is inevitable. Do you run from it or embrace it? Unfortunately, not a day goes by without an overwhelming amount of complaining and pessimism from fellow real estate agents on social media. The highest...

February 17, 2020

The longest job boom ever is exactly what housing needed

Job and economic expansion is boosting the next wave of first time and move-up homebuyers For 10 years, I have held a core belief that the U.S. housing market would not fully recover in terms...

February 12, 2020

Boom: Mortgage lending just had its biggest quarter in 14 years

Originations climb to highest level since 2005 It probably won’t come as a surprise to those in the mortgage business that the fourth quarter of 2019 was a big one, considering that originations continued to...