Tag: Data

Overcoming Housing’s Acute Inventory Shortage

The shortage of housing—of both the affordable and merely available variety—is a forefront issue for housing-policy decision-makers, and is at the center of many recent studies aiming to gain understanding and… Read more »

Mortgage Rates Keep Below the 3% Mark

Mortgage rates rose slightly this week, but still remain below the 3% mark, as Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) found the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) at 2.99%, up… Read more »

Home Prices Remain High With Supply Restricted

CoreLogic’s latest Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI Forecast for April 2021 has found that nationally, home prices increased 13% year-over-year compared to April 2020. On a month-over-month basis, home… Read more »

Mortgage Rates Continue Trend to Refi-Friendly Lows

Mortgage rates remained under 3% this week, as Freddie Mac reported the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) at an average of 2.96%, down two basis points from last week’s average of… Read more »

Housing Market Will Stay ‘Hot’ in the New Year

There’s no shortage of people ready, willing, and able to buy homes, according to the latest report from Redfin. In fact, the four-week period ending on December 13 has shown… Read more »

Experts Anticipate ‘Strong Activity’ for the 2021 Housing Market

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released a 2021 consensus outlook on the economy and housing market at its virtual Real Estate Forecast Summit. The consensus includes predictions from more… Read more »