July marked the second consecutive month of tightening margins between owners’ estimates of home values and the professional opinions of appraisers, according to Quicken Loans’ National Home Price Perception Index. Appraised values were only 0.71 percent lower nationwide than

On the same day, Compass settled a lawsuit against one titan of the real estate industry while finding itself at the center of a new, explosive complaint from another competitor. In a summons filed in the Supreme Court of

Loan delinquency rates hit their lowest level in 20 years this past April, according to a new report from real estate data firm CoreLogic, showing that American homeowners continue to thrive about a decade after the housing market’s near-collapse. The report

While casual observers might have been expecting dismal numbers in the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labors Statistics following expectedly soft figures in May’s report, Friday’s jobs report was actually pretty encouraging. The total nonfarm job count

This Fourth of July, the mortgage industry has good news for veterans in high-cost real estate markets. Thanks to the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, recently signed into law by President Donald Trump, veterans who secure loans through

Zillow’s trademark “Zestimate” feature, which lets homeowners and prospective buyers see the estimated value of almost any residence, has been upgraded to incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities that the company says will improve accuracy. According to a

Mortgage application activity remains strong The number of mortgage applications submitted during the week ending June 21 grew 1.3 percent compared to the prior week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly survey. Growth in refinance applications was somewhat stronger

Trump prioritizes affordable housing with executive order President Trump signed an executive order June 25 to propose “eliminating regulatory barriers to affordable housing.” Secretary Ben Carson of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will chair a new

The Counselors of Real Estate, an international organization for commercial real estate professionals, ranked what its membership body recently voted on as the current and emerging issues it expects to have the most significant impact on real estate.  Topping

Less than a week after the National Association of Realtors reported stronger than expected existing-home sales for the month of May, there’s more good news for the U.S. housing market. NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index for May came in

The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University (JCHS) recently released its annual State of the Nation’s Housing report for 2019. For more than 30 years now, JCHS has put out a comprehensive report on trends in the

In March, the luxury home market saw the largest drop in sales since 2010 with an 8.3 percent year-over-year decrease in closings, according to data gathered by Realtor.com. There were just 8,343 sales in excess of $1 million across

Weekly loan applications decline marginally The number of applications filed for a new home loan fell from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, which was perhaps unsurprising considering the earlier report’s record-high levels. In the week

Existing-home sales finally grew in May after two months of downbeat reports, according to the latest monthly snapshot of U.S. housing activity from the National Association of Realtors. Closed sales of previously-owned homes increased by 2.5 percent over April’s

Investors claim growing share of US home sales Despite still-growing prices that have exceeded their pre-recession peaks in some markets, more single-family homes around the U.S. are being purchased by investors rather than owner-occupants. According to a report from

Optimism struck in the second quarter of 2019 with 73 percent of Americans saying they believe now is a good time to sell a home, an increase from 65 percent in the first quarter based on a consumer survey