Home Prices

Ark Invest, a leading investment management firm led by Cathie Wood, has highlighted a pivotal development set to bridge the world of blockchain-based capital with the substantial U.S. mortgage market. What Happened: According to Nick Grous, an associate portfolio manager at Ark Invest, the recent...

Economist Craig Shapiro has been calling for a national housing policy overhaul, as he believes the housing market is “rigged,” amid New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani‘s ambitious housing reform agenda. What Happened: In a detailed Substack essay and an X thread, the...

The U.S. housing market is tilting sharply in favor of buyers, with a record 33.7% more sellers than buyers, according to the latest data. What Happened: This imbalance, the largest since 2013, is driving expectations of a 1% decline in home prices by year-end, as reported by Redfin. With 1.9...

The number of young homebuyers leaning on family financial support for down payments has sharply risen, doubling in the past five years, according to a recent report by Redfin. The survey, conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of Redfin, which included around 3,000 U.S. homeowners and renters, revealed...

Good news for U.S. homeowners: Zillow Group Inc. (NASDAQ:ZQ) anticipates a 4.2% increase in the average house price across the United States from January 2024 to January 2025, underscoring the resilience of the U.S. housing market, even as it navigates through economic challenges and remains under...

The principal barometer of U.S. home prices shows a significant uptick in the housing market, with home prices in major U.S. cities soaring at the fastest annual rate since November 2022. The latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index covers all nine U.S. census divisions. The gauge reported a 4.8...

The average American wage earner needs to earn tens of thousands of dollars per year more than in the past to afford the average house in America.  According to the U.S. Census, the average American household income in 2022 was $74,580. The average home price is $431,000, according to the...

The real estate market is potentially facing a downward shift in house prices, offering a respite for buyers while posing challenges for sellers. What Happened: This week, Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody's, shared his insights in an interview with Yahoo Finance, outlining the...

As 2024 approaches, the U.S. housing market stands at a critical point, significantly swayed by the trends in mortgage rates. Morgan Stanley’s recent analysis of the housing market anticipates a 3-5% reduction in home prices in the coming year, suggesting a shift towards more affordable...

Extremely high interest and mortgage rates have hurt the housing market in the United States over the past year, discouraging new homebuyers from entering the market, but new data indicates home prices have started sending signals of bottoming out. House Price Index Topped Expectations in...

The only bad thing about the best parties is that no matter how good they were, the good times can’t go on forever.  Investing is always cyclical and even investments like real estate which have performed over time will have bad cycles. It certainly appears as if the Federal Reserve...

Historically, home improvement retailers such as Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) do well when the housing market does well in terms of both volume and value of sales. Good News, But Bad Incidentally, an analyst suggested that the good news of home...

A recent study by Quicken Loans Inc. revealed a growing disparity between appraiser and homeowner opinions of home worth. While home values have generally increased from month to month over the past year, homeowners’ perceptions of home value have become increasingly inflated relative to...