Posts by Liz Hughes

Mortgage rates remain flat at 2.88%

“The net result for housing is that these low and stable rates allow consumers more time to find the homes they are looking to purchase,” Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sam Khater...

iBuyers gain market share nationwide, Atlanta tops the list

For the first time, iBuyers, also known as instant buyers, clinched 1% of the overall market share of homes purchased...

August pending-home-sales growth slowest since June 2020

Pending home sales in August rose just 9%, the slowest growth since June 2020, according to a new Redfin report....

Home prices are 40% more affordable than at housing boom height

Income levels and mortgage rates gave homebuyers in June 129% more house-buying power than they had in 2006, according to First American Financial Corp.’s June Real House Price...

Atlanta home prices expected to jump 18% in the next year

Atlanta homebuyers should brace themselves amid expectations the residential real estate market could see double digit growth next year....

Median home sale prices increase 16% from 2020

Even as the real estate market is showing signs of cooling and more sellers are dropping asking prices, median home prices increased by double digits from last...

Atlanta homes sold well over asking prices last quarter

In what’s been a historic, frantic market, homes selling for large sums over list prices have risen sharply since...

New listings rose in July as more affordable options hit the market

Smaller, more affordable homes are hitting the market, helping moderate median list prices, according to Realtor.com....

No new median-home price records set in July

For the first time since early March, no new records were set for median-home-sale prices last month, ending the five-month streak of record-breaking home prices....

Housing affordability falls for a third straight month

Affordability declined in 49 of the 50 major markets according to the May 2021 First American Real House Price Index....

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