The Foreclosure Crisis: 10 Years Later

Distressed Properties, For Buyers, For Sellers, Foreclosures, Housing Market Updates
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CoreLogic recently released a report entitled, United States Residential Foreclosure Crisis: 10 Years Later, in which they examined the years leading up to the crisis all the way through to present day. With a peak in 2010 when nearly 1.2 million homes were foreclosed on, over 7.7 million families lost their homes throughout the entire
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Which Homes Have Appreciated the Most?

First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Housing Market Updates, Move-Up Buyers
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Home values have risen dramatically over the last twelve months. The latest Existing Home Sales Report from the National Association of Realtors puts the annual increase in the median existing-home price at 7.1%. CoreLogic, in their most recent Home Price Insights Report, reveals that national home prices have increased by 6.9% year-over-year. The CoreLogic report
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A Tale of Two Markets: Inventory Mismatch Paints a More Detailed Picture

First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Housing Market Updates, Move-Up Buyers
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The inventory of existing homes for sale in today’s market was recently reported to be at a 3.6-month supply according to the National Association of Realtors latest Existing Home Sales Report. Inventory is now 7.1% lower than this time last year, marking the 20th consecutive month of year-over-year drops. Historically, inventory must reach a 6-month
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Instant Reaction: S&P/Case-Shiller Index

Case Schiller
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The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun’s reaction to this morning’s S&P/Case-Shiller index national home-price index reading for December: “Rising mortgage rates should not be boosting home prices, yet home values accelerated with a 5.8% annual gain in December (according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home price measurement). Price gains had been a tad lower in the
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