Housing markets

Compounding factors of low inventory and high costs also helped lead to another decline in Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index.

The company said the bond issue is the largest ever seen in this asset class and was boosted by rising home values.

Zip codes with the biggest share of children under 18 saw faster increases in house prices about two-thirds of the time, a Zillow study found.

Using stimulus checks and money saved from lower spending were each cited by just under one-quarter of those looking to buy in the next 12 months, a Redfin survey found.

The firm enters the flourishing investment space backed by the industry’s biggest player and offers consumers multiple paths toward homeownership.

They're headed for their sharpest monthly nosedive since March 2020 as the stocks get pummeled by fears of rising rates.

These suburbs offered easy access to both major metros and the outdoors, cozy neighborhoods and affordability, according to Realtor.com.

This issuance follows a similarly-sized transaction the bank made in October 2020 and includes several of the same participants.

It was the biggest annual gain since 2013, Attom Data Solutions found.

But Boise and Austin homebuyers pay the biggest premiums, according to a ranking of the top overvalued markets.

While increased activity in rentals is influencing current numbers, interest in homeownership among Gen Z could help fuel growth later this decade.

The mortgage lender's CEO Brett McGovern speaks on how the deal came together and how the two will work together once the deal closes.

A measure of home prices in 20 U.S. cities jumped 18.3%, down from 18.5% in October, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index showed Tuesday. It marked the fourth straight month that home-price appreciation has cooled off ever so slightly.

The debt facility from Barings is likely the largest to a Black-owned investor in the market.

However, the shortage of entry-level home listings should result in a competitive spring purchase season, the government-sponsored enterprise said.

The deal gives Blackstone a portfolio of 42 garden-style apartment communities totaling more than 12,600 units in 13 states, including Texas, Arizona, Florida, Colorado and Georgia.

This group is decidedly less ambivalent about the housing market — and saving and investing — than their millennial brothers and sisters.

It’s not just potential buyers and sellers holding this perception; over four-in-10 real estate agents agree with that sentiment.

December's average balance for a mortgage to purchase a newly constructed property set an all-time high, the Mortgage Bankers Association's Builder Application Survey found.

Contract closings decreased 4.6% in December from the prior month to an annualized 6.18 million, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed Thursday.