Real Estate Markets & Economy
The total value of homes in Austin grew nearly 40% in 2021, while home values across the United States grew by about 19%. Cape Coral trailed Austin with a 36.9% surge in home values
TransUnion finds home loans provided to subprime, near-prime borrowers were up 17.6 percent during Q3 2021
Requests to refinance existing mortgages was up 18% week over week but down 50% from a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey
A report from Redfin found that 34.1 percent of homes on the market in the last month of 2021 were new construction, compared to just 25.4 percent the year prior
Where will you live when we're all in the metaverse? Putting the 'real' back in real estate
Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner outlines the 10 trends that will have the biggest impact on the real estate industry and markets across the country.
It’s not the only publicly traded real estate brand to face headwinds in the market in January, but it is leading the pack
Million Dollar Listing, a crime family and Move Inc. CEO David Doctorow made headlines this week. Test your knowledge of the biggest stories to see if you're up to date on the industry
Sales of homes on the lowest end of the price spectrum increased 11.3 percent year over year in the fourth quarter, according to Redfin
Of the 50 counties tracked in a new study released Thursday by Pacaso, 43 showed double-digit price growth in second-home prices in the fourth quarter of 2021
The typical seller last year made $94,000 more than they paid for the home, a profit margin unseen since at least 2008
For 2 luxury agents in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where vacation rentals must have 30-day minimum bookings, the longer vacation rental trend has been a nice boost to their business
Sales of new houses in December 2021 were at an annual adjusted rate of 811,000, according to data from the US Census Bureau
Rates on 30-year fixed-rate loans rise for the fifth consecutive week, to the highest level since March 2020
Generation X is sandwiched between the millennials and the baby boomers, but over the years they've also become a major force in the housing industry
Beach Properties of Florida executive Jimmy Burgess and @properties luxury broker Carrie McCormick discussed how old-school tactics can still work in a changing market at Connect Now
The founder of eXp Realty told Brad Inman there's plenty of business for agents in the year ahead during a Connect Now session Tuesday, but he's also keeping an eye on potential setbacks