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Housing Market

Is Price the New Location?

A new nationwide Coldwell Banker survey shows price is more important than location to more than half the surveyed consumers who are looking to purchase a home.

March 13, 2024

Housing Market

Manageable Challenge or Healthy Reset: Agent Sentiment on Decoupled Commissions

The results are in for the third BAM x 1000Watt Agent Sentiment Survey, showing a variety of agent responses to the possibility of decoupled commissions as a result of antitrust commission lawsuits.

March 13, 2024

Housing Market

Over Half of Americans Say Housing Affordability Impacts Their Vote for President

A new Redfin report shows a majority of U.S. homeowners and renters say housing affordability will impact their vote in this year’s presidential election.

March 12, 2024

Housing Market

9 Things Agents Can Learn from the #1 UK Agent

Top UK real estate agent and business owner, Matt Nicol, joins Byron Lazine for a BAM interview covering the biggest differences between the UK and U.S. real estate industries and nine things U.S. agents can learn from those differences.

March 7, 2024

Housing Market

100+ Housing Experts See Increased Home Price Growth and 6% Mortgage Rates in 2024

According to the Q1 2024 Fannie Mae Home Price Expectations Survey (HPES), a panel of 100+ housing experts forecasts home price growth of 3.8% in 2024 and 3.4% in 2025, as well as a median 6% 30-year fixed mortgage rate by the end of 2024.

March 5, 2024

Housing Market

Higher-than-Expected Moving Expenses in 2023: 86% of Movers Have Regrets

New research from Home Bay and Allied Van Lines shows half of Americans who moved in 2023 spent $2,000 or more to relocate—an uptick from the 46% who spent a minimum $2,000 to move the year before.

March 5, 2024

Housing Market

The Income Needed to Buy a Home Has Jumped 80% Since 2020

A new Zillow report shows today’s homebuyers need to earn more than $106,000 a year to afford a typical U.S. home—up $47,000 or 80% from January 2020. The median household income has grown only 23% during that time.

March 4, 2024

Housing Market

U.S. Housing Gap Hits 7.2 Million After More than a Decade of Underbuilding

A new Realtor.com report shows a 7.2 million unit gap between housing formation and housing supply, due to more than a decade of underbuilding.

February 29, 2024

Housing Market

The $2 Trillion Surge in U.S. Home Values

A new Redfin report shows a 5% annual increase in value for the U.S. housing market—amounting to $2 trillion in growth over the past year—as the national housing shortage props up home prices.

February 29, 2024

Income Goes Farthest In These Top Cities For Renters

A recent article on RentCafe highlights the top 10 U.S. cities where a renter’s income goes the furthest.

February 27, 2024

Housing Market

Buyers Like Their Odds of Buying a Home in 1-5 Years, Despite Affordability Challenges

A new Realtor.com report shows homebuyers are still holding onto the dream of homeownership despite affordability challenges. Younger generations (millennials and Gen Zers) are more optimistic about buying a home in the next year or five years.

February 26, 2024

Agent Strategy

Lead Analyst on How to Talk to Consumers About Mortgage Rates

HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami joined Byron Lazine and Lisa Chinatti on the Knowledge Brokers Podcast to discuss, among other things, whether to expect 5% mortgage rates in 2024—and how to respond when consumers ask about rates.

February 20, 2024