National Association of Realtors

First-time home buyer fully know the biggest obstacles to having keys in hand are financial.  Without equity from the sale of a previous home, the millennial generation has a particularly difficult time with down payments. One reason: their early adult years came during the financially...

Shares of homebuilders are on a roll after luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE: TOL) reported forecast-beating third-quarter earnings, revenues and home deliveries. At the time of writing: Toll Brothers was rallying 11.92 percent to $38.86. Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) was seen...

Shares of home improvement giants Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) and Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) are rising. Lowe’s plans to release earnings data later this month, and Home Depot’s results are indicative of the current market. What Happened Home Depot's second-...

Existing home sales in the U.S. rose in June and received a strong boost from first-time buyers. According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales rose 1.1 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.57 million. Sales are now higher by 3 percent compared to...

While it may take years to determine just how much the U.K.’s Brexit vote will impact global economies around the world, the Brexit has already had a meaningful impact on one major U.S. market: housing. Stock markets have been rattled, and global economic growth is now facing a number of...

According to the comScore data, unique visitors to Zillow Group, Inc.- Class A (NASDAQ: ZG) grew 32 percent year-on-year during April and May, consistent with 1Q. Goldman Sachs’ Heath P. Terry maintains a Buy rating on the company, while raising the price target from $34 to $38. Upside...

The $130 million settlement of Zillow Group, Inc.-Class A (NASDAQ: ZG) with News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA) and the National Association of Realtors removed a "significant overhang" on the shares of real estate website, according to JMP Securities. "Importantly, the settlement does not alter any of Zillow...

The National Association of Realtors reported an extremely disappointing U.S. existing home sales number for the month of February Monday morning. Home sales reportedly dropped 7.1 percent to an annual rate of only 5.08 million units, well off the 2.8 percent decline that economists were expecting...

For homebuyers, the go-to resources for information and education are generationally divided. Whether due to comfort or past experiences, where you look first or who you talk to first is statistically different based on your age bracket. According to 2015 National Association of Realtors®...

With the Federal Reserve inching closer to raising interest rates, investors are increasingly scrutinizing sectors and industries for positive correlations and vulnerabilities to higher borrowing costs. On the surface, consumer discretionary stocks and the corresponding exchange-traded funds would...

August pending home sales came in 1.4 percent lower than the July number. The National Association of Realtors reports that high prices are more to blame for a decline in sales than weakening demand. Total existing home sales for 2015 are projected to come in about 7.0 percent higher than 2014...

A heated competition to carve out prime digital real estate and win the hearts and minds of brokers and real estate agents is now being fought on the document battlefield. Zillow Group Inc (NASDAQ: Z) on Wednesday announced its first acquisition since its strategic $2.5 billion acquisition of...