Here are a few real estate-related stories and news pieces that came across my screen this past week…
- from realtor.com®: Frenzied Buyer Demand and Low Inventory Ignite Double-Digit Growth in Home Prices
- from Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Remain Relatively Flat
- from Redfin: Homebuyers on a $2,500 Monthly Budget Can Afford $33,000 More With Low Mortgage Rates, But Higher Home Prices Cancel Out Increase
- from the Reno Gazette-Journal: Reno remains a popular destination despite its rising cost of housing
- from The Wall Street Journal: Demand for Houses Boosts Home Construction
- from the National Association of Home Builders’ Eye on Housing blog: Suburban Shift for Home Building in Q2 2020
- from The Wall Street Journal: Millennials Help Power This Year’s Housing-Market Rebound — Generation that was slow to enter U.S. housing market now accounts for more than half of all new home loans
- from Refi Guide: Most and Least Affordable Places to Buy a Home
- from CNBC: Here’s how the pandemic has upended the financial lives of average Americans: CNBC + Acorns survey
- from John Burns Real Estate Consulting:The Light: YOLO! Second-Home Boom
- from Freddie Mac: Rental Affordability Reexamined
- from the National Association of Homebuilders’ NAHBNow blog: DOE Solicits Comments on Proposed Changes for Showerheads