December 2015

It’s finally happened. The Fed raised rates for the first time since 2006. In their FOMC statement just released, they raised the target range for… Read More »Never Mind the Mortgage Rate Fear Mongering

Everyone knows about the Zestimate, Zillow’s data-driven answer to the traditional home price appraisal. But they’ve now gone a step further with the launch of… Read More »Zillow Now Lets You Be Your Own Appraiser

A funny thing happened late last week. On Friday, the Canadian government took new measures to stabilize its red-hot housing market. I say funny because… Read More »Canada Just Raised Minimum Down Payments to Stabilize Its Housing Market

Home prices are getting expensive out there, especially in the Bay Area (Northern California) where inventory is low and demand is red hot. But fear… Read More »The POPPYLOAN Is Here to Help San Franciscans Buy Really Expensive Homes with Nothing Down

Watch about Zillow…your Zestimate now has company. Today, Redfin announced the availability of the so-called “Redfin Estimate,” which is the online real estate brokerage’s answer… Read More »Introducing the Redfin Estimate