Housing Market Updates

Home Prices: What Happened in 2020? What Will Happen This Year?

Home Prices: What Happened in 2020? What Will Happen This Year?

The real estate market was on fire during the second half of 2020. Buyer demand was way up, and the supply of homes available for sale hit record lows. The… Read more โ‡ข
Itโ€™s a Sellersโ€™ Market [INFOGRAPHIC]

Itโ€™s a Sellersโ€™ Market [INFOGRAPHIC]

Some Highlights Over the past year, homeowners have gained an unprecedented opportunity to sell with great success while buyer demand is soaring. With homes selling twice as… Read more โ‡ข
How Much Leverage Do Today’s House Sellers Have?

How Much Leverage Do Today’s House Sellers Have?

The housing market has been scorching hot over the last twelve months. Buyers and their high demand have far outnumbered sellers and a short supply of houses. According to the… Read more โ‡ข
The Reason Mortgage Rates Are Projected to Increase and What It Means for You

The Reason Mortgage Rates Are Projected to Increase and What It Means for You

Weโ€™re currently experiencing historically low mortgage rates. Over the last fifty years, the average on a Freddie Mac 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has been 7.76%. Today, that rate is 2.81%. Read more โ‡ข
Where Have All the Houses Gone?

Where Have All the Houses Gone?

In todayโ€™s housing market, it seems harder than ever to find a home to buy. Before the health crisis hit us a year ago, there was already a shortage of… Read more โ‡ข
Will Low Mortgage Rates Continue through 2021?

Will Low Mortgage Rates Continue through 2021?

With mortgage interest rates hitting record lows so many times recently, some are wondering if weโ€™ll see low rates continue throughout 2021, or if theyโ€™ll start to rise. Recently,… Read more โ‡ข
47% of New Buyers Surprised by How Affordable Homes Are Today

47% of New Buyers Surprised by How Affordable Homes Are Today

Headlines matter. Right now, itโ€™s hard to read about real estate without seeing a headline that suggests homes have become unaffordable for most Americans. In reality, thereโ€™s hard evidence that… Read more โ‡ข
The Luxury Market Is Attracting Buyers in 2021

The Luxury Market Is Attracting Buyers in 2021

As more people continue to identify their changing needs this year, some are turning to the upscale housing sector for more space or finer features. In their most recent… Read more โ‡ข
Want to Build Wealth? Buy a Home This Year.

Want to Build Wealth? Buy a Home This Year.

Every year, households across the country make the decision to rent for another year or take the leap into homeownership. They look at their earnings and savings and then decide… Read more โ‡ข
What Record-Low Housing Inventory Means for You

What Record-Low Housing Inventory Means for You

The real estate market is expected to do very well in 2021, with mortgage rates that are hovering at historic lows and forecasted by experts to remain favorable… Read more โ‡ข
What Happens When Homeowners Leave Their Forbearance Plans?

What Happens When Homeowners Leave Their Forbearance Plans?

According to the latest report from Black Knight, Inc., a well-respected provider of data and analytics for mortgage companies, 6.48 million households have entered a forbearance plan as a… Read more โ‡ข
What Experts Are Saying about the 2021 Job Market

What Experts Are Saying about the 2021 Job Market

Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their most recent Jobs Report. The report revealed that the economy lost 140,000 jobs in December. Thatโ€™s a devastating… Read more โ‡ข
Why Right Now May Be the Time to Sell Your House

Why Right Now May Be the Time to Sell Your House

The housing market made an incredible recovery in 2020 and is now positioned for an even stronger year in 2021. Record-low mortgage interest ratesย are a driving factor in this continued… Read more โ‡ข
Will Forbearance Plans Lead to a Tsunami of Foreclosures?

Will Forbearance Plans Lead to a Tsunami of Foreclosures?

At the onset of the economic disruptions caused by the COVID pandemic, the government quickly put into place forbearance plans to allow homeowners to remain in their homes without making… Read more โ‡ข
Is This the Year to Sell My House?

Is This the Year to Sell My House?

If one of the questions youโ€™re asking yourself is, โ€œShould I sell my house this year?โ€ย consumer sentiment about selling today should boost your confidence in the right direction. Even with… Read more โ‡ข

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