Here are a few national real estate-related stories that came across my screen this week…
- from RealtyTrac: U.S. Home Affordability Drops to 8-Year Low in Q4 2016
- from CNBC: How this ‘villain’ of the housing crash could be right for you now
- from CNBC: Borrowers brush off rising rates, pushing mortgage applications 2.5% higher
- from the National Association of Home Builders: Multifamily Weakness Pushes Overall Housing Starts Down 18.7 Percent in November
- from The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Home Construction Lags Behind Broad Economic Rebound — Sparse building of new single-family houses remains an impediment to balanced recovery
- from CNBC: Homebuilders super happy but not building more homes: Here’s what’s up with that
- from Construction Dive: The single female homebuyer is back — and she’s here to stay
- from Builder: CENSUS: UTAH LEADS ALL STATES IN GROWTH IN 2016 — At the other end, Illinois suffers greatest population outflow
- from Redfin: Millions of Renters Face Eviction—Why Today’s Housing Market is Partially to Blame
- from The Wall Street Journal: Percentage of Young Americans Living With Parents Rises to 75-Year High — Household formations by millennials lag behind other economic recoveries; high rents, mortgage standards cited
