With this week's half-percent rate cut from the Federal Reserve, agents are hoping sellers will finally get off the fence and loosen up some inventory to get the market moving
In this exclusive video series on Inman, Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker illuminates the latest stats, reports and numbers you should know. This week: The Fed's latest rate cut
The added punch of mortgage rates nearing 8% is making this year's fall season particularly slow
Typical home value breached $350,000 for 1st time in June, a new peak in typical values according to a report by Zillow. Redfin shows nearly 92% of homeowners have a mortgage rate below 6%
More buyers today are moving because they have to. Here's what they look like — and how agents are courting their business in a down market
US home values grew 1.4% between April and May of 2023 — slower than the past 2 springs but faster than both the 2018 and 2019 spring markets
A debt default by the US government is unlikely, but if it were to transpire, the cost of a mortgage could increase by 22%, pushing rates to a peak above 8% in September, according to Zillow
Nineteen cities out of 20 tracked by the S&P CoreLogic Case-Schiller Index posted monthly declines in January, with the biggest decreases seen in San Francisco, Seattle and San Diego
Price growth will pick back up in 2024 and hit a rate of 3.5 percent annual growth every year through 2027, according to a panel of housing experts surveyed by Zillow and Pulsenomics
Slowing mortgage rate growth impacted homebuyers and sellers in different ways in December, according to Zillow's latest market report.
While remote work helped drive up housing prices during the pandemic, a new study from the Economic Innovation Group argues remote work may help housing affordability in the future
The phrase 'housing recession' has exploded in popularity, according to an analysis of search terms. But pinning down what it means and where it originated is surprisingly difficult
Homes are still selling, but the ongoing market shift is giving homebuyers more and more leverage everyday, agents and economists told Inman this week
Despite its balancing out, the market remains far from homebuyer-friendly with buyers paying 75% percent more on the typical mortgage payments than in 2019, according to Zillow
Experts told Inman they expect home sales and price growth to slow down, but they don't think rising rates will knock everyone out of the market