Commentary on the latest housing market news, with a focus on home prices, buying and selling conditions, and if another housing crisis is right around the corner. Also helpful home seller tips.
Think it’s tough to be a first-time home buyer these days? Well, you’d be right. The National Association of Realtors announced today that the first-time… Read More »Realtors: First-Time Home Buyer Share Lowest Since 1987
It looks like 2015 is shaping up to be a pretty stellar year for home purchase lending, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor Report from… Read More »Home Purchase Lending Best Since 2007, But Only If You Have Good Credit
A new company called Faira, founded by a guy who designed business models for eBay and Microsoft, wants to sell your home with less stress… Read More »Faira Looks to Ditch the Real Estate Agent
There seems to be a new trend regarding insurance and homes losing value. Perhaps the unfortunate part is that all these new services are arriving… Read More »Down Payment Protection for Your Home Purchase Is a Thing Now
When you think of why people move, the first reason that comes to mind might be because of a new job, or maybe due to… Read More »The Top Reason People Are Buying Homes Is Because They’re Sick of Their Existing Ones
If you’re attempting to feel out the housing market at the moment, consider this: People are reportedly camping out in their cars to snag the… Read More »People Camped Out to Get Their Hands on New Home Lots
Continuing my series of “Things My Friends Say,” I had yet another thought-provoking conversation with a buddy about the current state of real estate. I… Read More »I Wish I Could Buy a Home While Interest Rates Are So Low
Anti-Californian sentiment has reared its ugly head in Portland, Oregon where home prices are apparently spiraling out of control. An article in The Oregonian points… Read More »Portland Residents Don’t Want Californians Buying Their Homes
The last several years have been dominated by headlines of underwater borrowers and negative equity. In fact, it wasn’t long ago that about a quarter… Read More »More Than 37 Million Homeowners Have “Tappable” Equity
In an effort to cool off the white-hot real estate market in Sweden, the country’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) has been given permission to require… Read More »Sweden Will Force Homeowners to Pay Down Their Mortgages
