Real Estate Markets & Economy
Average purchase loan request hits record $418,500, and falling demand for FHA and VA mortgages suggests first-time buyers are being priced out
Economists told The Wall Street Journal how population growth has driven the strongest job recoveries — most recently in Texas and Arizona
A report found that wages are rising faster than rent prices in 637 out of the 1,154 counties analyzed — a slim majority
Nation's biggest provider of purchase loans made 27% fewer loans to homebuyers in 2021
Martin Luther King Jr. presented his 'Other America' speech in 1967 to highlight disparities among Black and white Americans and to call on Congress to pass fair housing legislation. Click on Inman's footnotes to understand how far we've come — and how far we have to go
Record-low inventory dragged home sales down by a seasonally adjusted 3.6% nationwide in December, according to a new Redfin report released Friday
Foreclosure filings dropped 8% in December as a once-feared wave of mortgage defaults has largely failed to materialize, according to a new report from Attom Data Solutions
Demand for purchase loans remains steady, but rising rates are closing the door on refinancing opportunities, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey
The year saw 20 separate climate and weather disasters wreaking at least $1B in damages each in the US, according to an annual report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Magna? Chalco? Mauldin? Realtor.com rounded up the best markets for first-time homebuyers in 2022 and found that the best housing markets for first-time buyers are under the radar
The share of first-time homebuyers was up last year, but far below the runup to the housing crash of 2008, according to NAR's Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. What's happening?
The tech-enhanced brokerage is the first major real estate firm to move toward a stock market debut in 2022. That move, however, comes after a tumultuous year for publicly traded real estate firms
In one 'hot spot within a hot spot' — McDonough, Georgia — 70% of homes flipped by iBuyers like Zillow Offers and Opendoor were resold to institutional investors, many without being listed
Opinion
'When all the experts unanimously agree, it makes me nervous,' Inman Publisher Brad Inman writes. 'I'll never forget the careless chorus of experts pumping up the housing market in 2008.'
Zillow, NAR and a strange celebrity matchup all made headlines on the first week of the new year. As we embark on 2022, test your knowledge of the week's biggest real estate stories
Published earlier this week, Inman's latest Agent Appreciation survey also revealed that most real estate agents see inventory shortages as one of 2022's biggest challenges
As home prices normalize and rental prices rebound from the height of the pandemic, OJO Labs warns buyers and renters should prepare for a housing market with 'permanently higher' prices