It's a seller's market all right, and home value growth is accelerating
During July, the typical home value was up 4.5% year over year to $253,527, the fastest value rate increase since May 2019
by Lillian Dickerson Aug 21
Bank repossessions of homes plunge to lowest level in at least 15 years
Amid federal and state restrictions on foreclosures and evictions, bank repossessions dropped 14% month over month and 80% year over year to just 2,163 US properties foreclosed on by lenders, according to an analysis Thursday from Attom Data Solutions
by Lillian Dickerson Aug 13
Where are the best and worst COVID-19 rebounds?
A recent Clever Real Estate report looked at the national trends that were spurred this year by COVID-19. Here are a few of them — plus the top five metros with the biggest increases as well as drops in buyer demand
by Luke Babich Aug 6
Goodbye Bel Air, hello Raleigh: The 'other' luxury markets heating up
Agents in secondary or up-and-coming luxury markets across America say business is booming as buyers and sellers find a new sense of normal amid the pandemic
Homes are flying off the market at their fastest rate in 2 years
Homes sold in the US during the second week of June stayed on the market for about 22 days, the lowest number since June 2018, according to a new analysis by Zillow
by Lillian Dickerson Jun 25
How are home prices still rising during the pandemic?
Although the stock market has been volatile for weeks and unemployment has continued to rise, home prices have been seemingly unaffected
Zillow Offers continues expansion, launches in Cincinnati
The southwestern Ohio market is the 24th for Zillow's direct-to-consumer homebuying and selling platform
by Patrick Kearns Mar 2
Cincinnati, Boise among luxury markets to watch in 2020
Coldwell Banker's luxury report identified a few surprising markets as ones to watch, reflecting a general shift of wealth to new markets in secondary cities
by Lillian Dickerson Feb 19
The 5 markets that became investing hotspots in 2019
Markets in the Carolinas, Florida, Texas and Ohio showed the highest return-on-investment for investors in 2019
by Marian McPherson Dec 24
Cincinnati is considering eliminating security deposits
Cincinnati councilperson P.G. Sittenfield’s proposal would replace cash deposits with security-deposit insurance plans to reduce upfront costs for cash-strapped renters
by Marian McPherson Dec 12
Everything But The House cuts 200 jobs as it scales back expansion
Online estate auction startup brought on a new CEO last month
by Emma Hinchliffe Apr 12
A toolbox for fixing things
San Francisco, San Jose and Baltimore still have pretty good deals on fixer-upper homes. Miami? Not so much
by Kimberly Manning Sep 12
Want to buy a home in a big city? Here's how much you'll need to make
HSH.com uses NAR data to determine the monthly cost of a median priced home in 27 metro areas
by Kimberly Manning Aug 23
The nation's most and least affordable large metros
Graphiq compiles list of most and least affordable places to live in the US with populations over 1 million
by Kimberly Manning Aug 1
Led by low refi occurrences, U.S. loan originations are dropping
RealtyTrac report shows that despite overall drop, purchase and HELOC are loans up
by Jennifer Riner May 12