Incomes Need to Rise at This Pace to Stay on Track With Rents
Incomes Need to Rise at This Pace to Stay on Track With Rents Rent raised? You’ll need a raise. According to a new analysis by Zillow, the average renter would need his or her income to grow by $168 to keep up with an expected [...]
Real Estate Industry Calls Attention to Role of VA Appraisers
Real Estate Industry Calls Attention to Role of VA Appraisers The Appraisal Institute, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and other members of the real estate industry testified before a Congressional subcommittee on Capitol Hill this week in support of the role of appraisers [...]
Home Prices Keep on Upswing in February
Home Prices Keep on Upswing in February Home prices nationally kept on the upswing in February, rising 1 percent month-over-month and 7 percent year-over-year, according to CoreLogic®’s recent Home Price Index (HPI®). The HPI Forecast® projects prices to rise 0.4 percent in March and [...]
Pot Ignites a Real Estate Boom
Pot Ignites a Real Estate Boom Dark Green: Jurisdiction with legalized Cannabis Image Attribution: Lokal_Profil By Lokal_Profil, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2370050 Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, April 04, 2017 Areas of the country with legalized marijuana are seeing a major impact on their [...]
Home Prices Blamed for Student Loan Defaults
Home Prices Blamed for Student Loan Defaults Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, April 04, 2017 The housing crisis may also have sparked the increase in student loan default rates, according to a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Read more: Student [...]
Mortgage Rates Got Cheaper This Week
Mortgage Rates Got Cheaper This Week Daily Real Estate News | Friday, March 31, 2017 For the second consecutive week, average mortgage rates fell, lowering the borrowing costs of buyers. "The 10-year Treasury yield remained relatively flat this week,” says Sean Becketti, Freddie Mac’s chief [...]
