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Money & The Economy
Luxury Home Prices Rose at Lowest Growth Rate in Nearly Two Years
Luxury home prices rose 3.2 percent year over year to an average of $1.7 million in the third quarter of 2018, according…
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Take a Peek Inside Santa’s $765,000 Custom North Pole Home
Santa Claus’ home and state-of-the-art toy workshop at the North Pole is currently worth an estimated $764,389 after gaining 7.6 percent in value over…
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Housing Demand Posts Strong Gains in Q3
The Redfin Housing Demand Index increased 5.1 percent from August to 131 in September, after remaining essentially flat around 124 since May,…
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Existing-Home Sales Decline Across the Country thanks to Fed’s rate-raising
Existing-home sales declined in September after a month of stagnation in August, according to the National Association of Realtors. All…
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U.S. Home Affordability Drops To Lowest Level In 10 Years
Home Prices Less Affordable Than Historic Averages In 78 Percent of Local Markets 30 Percent of Population in Markets Requiring…
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Pending Home Sales Dip 1.8 Percent in August
Pending home sales fell slightly in August and have now decreased on an annual basis for eight straight months, according…
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Millennial Homebuyers Driving 2018 Hottest ZIP Codes in America
A new report out today announced the Hottest ZIP Codes in America. The new list shows high-income millennials are helping…
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Starter Home Affordability Is The Worst It’s Been Since The Great Recession
Starter home affordability is the worst it has been since the Great Recession because of increasing mortgage rates and other…
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Home Prices Rise Three Times Faster than Rents
Only 41 percent of the U.S. population lives in a county where a median-income household can afford to buy a…
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Millennials’ View of Home Buying Turns Negative
Millennials’ perceived value in buying a home dropped below 50 percent, down significantly from post-Brexit high, according to the latest ValueInsured quarterly Modern…
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More than Six Million Homes Missing From U.S. Housing Market
One of the defining characteristics of today’s housing market is the lack of available inventory, and much of this scarcity…
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Pending Home Sales Rise 0.9 Percent in June
Pending home sales increased in all four major regions in June, but overall activity lagged year-ago levels for the sixth…
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Half of All U.S. Homes Are More Valuable than Pre-Recession Peak
In seven of the 35 largest U.S. housing markets, more than 95 percent of homes are worth more than their…
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Median Home Sale Price Reaches Nine-Year High, Sales Decline
Halfway through 2018, prices are at record highs, inventory is at record lows and home sales are trailing 2017’s pace,…
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Rent Prices for Two and Three-Bedroom Homes Rising Fast
Monthly rent for two and three-bedroom homes are appreciating 2.8 percent annually, which is faster than one-bedroom homes and the…
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