Redfin customers requesting home tours, an early indicator of housing market performance, jumped nearly 50 percent from a year ago and the number of newly listed homes for sale rose to the highest level since mid-2013, setting the stage for accelerating growth in the housing market in 2015, according to a Redfin analysis that tracks […]
2015 Could Be the Biggest Year for Housing Since the Bust Read More »
Home sales hit a nine-month low last month, a leading economic report said housing is “faltering,” and Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen told Congress the housing market is “depressed.” What’s going on?
Parsing the Bad News on the Housing Market Read More »
For many millennials, down payments have taken precedence over heading down the aisle. According to a recent Redfin survey, 38 percent of American millennials said that they would, or have, put off a wedding or honeymoon in order to afford to buy a home.
First Comes Love, Then Comes Mortgage Read More »
Congressional lawmakers grilled HUD Secretary Julian Castro about the FHA’s high default rate and questioned his recent move to cut borrowing costs.
Castro's Clumsiness Isn't Helping the FHA Read More »
For the best chance of selling your home quickly and at a premium, your best bet is to list it in the spring: 39 percent of homes listed between March 21 and June 20 in the past five years went under contract within 30 days and 15 percent of them sold for more than list price. But winter is a very close second bet, just one percentage point behind in each measure.
Should I Wait Until Spring to List My Home? Not Necessarily Read More »
Record-setting demand, more inventory, easier lending conditions and low interest rates are signaling that the housing market will be strong this year.