Residential Archives - Page 8 of 15

January 20, 2021

December New Home Purchase Mortgage Applications Increased 42.2 Percent

CONTACT Adam DeSanctis [email protected] (202) 557-2727 WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 14, 2021) – The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey (BAS) data for December 2020 shows mortgage applications for new home purchases increased 42.2 percent...

January 15, 2021

Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 5.46 Percent

CONTACT Adam DeSanctis [email protected] (202) 557-2727 WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 11, 2021) – The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased from...

January 13, 2021

How the Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Could Help—and Hurt—the U.S. Housing Market

The coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing financial crisis have caused immeasurable hardship and pain across the U.S. Paradoxically enough, the crisis has also served as a turbocharged shot to the housing market. Feverish buyers rushed...

January 11, 2021

Avoid These 5 Mistakes When Buying a Home Sight Unseen

Buying a home sight unseen might seem like a massive gamble: plunking down hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of dollars on a property you’ve never set foot in, your fingers crossed it looks just like...

January 5, 2021

Homeownership Slips Into Unaffordable Territory Across Majority of U.S. in Fourth Quarter of 2020

IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 31, 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 fourth-quarter 2020 U.S. Home Affordability Report, showing...

January 3, 2021

November new home sales fall more than expected, builder stocks drop

New home sales fell 11% in November from October, according to the U.S. Census. October’s reading was also revised lower. Sales of newly built homes came in far weaker than expected for November, and builder...

January 1, 2021

Analysis From ATTOM Reveals Fresh Take on Grocery Stores Impacting the U.S. Housing Market

IRVINE, Calif. – December 23, 2020 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its annual 2020 Grocery Store Wars analysis, which shows how living near a Trader Joe’s, a...

December 30, 2020

My House Failed Its First Real Estate Inspection—Here’s What I Did To Get Through Escrow

When I was buying my first house, everything seemed too good to be true—at least at the start of the process. I found a home within a couple of weeks, the price was fabulously low,...

December 25, 2020

Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 5.49 Percent

CONTACT Adam DeSanctis [email protected] (202) 557-2727 WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 21, 2020) – The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance increased slightly...

December 21, 2020

Buying a house? Here’s where all-cash deals are most competitive

All-cash sales now make up about 36% of the market, according to realtor.com. Even during the usually slow holiday season, the housing market is hotter than ever this year. Low supply and incredibly high, Covid-induced...