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Roughly 4.9 million renters, or 11.4 percent of all renters, plan to buy a home in the next year. In comparison, at the beginning of this year 5.1 million renters, or 12.1 percent of all renters, planned to purchase a home during 2015, according to Zillow’s Housing Confidence Index.
Appraisers’ opinions of home values were 2.65 percent lower than homeowner estimates in August, the largest gap nationally in more than a year. According to Quicken Loans’ national Home Price Perception Index (HPPI), the gap between appraiser and homeowner estimates has also widened for seven straight months.
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