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May Existing-Home Sales Were Down Everywhere But the Midwest, Again
For the second consecutive month, the Midwest was the only region to stave off decreasing existing-home sales nationwide. According to...
Christopher Breland
Jun 23, 20213 min read


Millennial Homebuyers Aren’t Keeping Up With Older Generations: Here’s Why
Millennials make up the largest share of homebuyers — 37% — and they have since at least since 2014. Given that they’re now the largest...
Christopher Breland
Jun 22, 20215 min read


Bill Could Make It Easier to Get a Mortgage with Student Loans
Help for FHA applicants with IBR loan payments The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has cleared the way for prospective homebuyers...
Christopher Breland
Jun 21, 20215 min read


All-Cash Home Sales Are On The Rise. Who is Using Them and Where?
In today’s red-hot housing market, all-cash offers are becoming a common way to edge out competition from other buyers. In fact,...
Christopher Breland
Jun 21, 20213 min read


Black Homeownership Rates Are Stagnant, But Help May Be On the Way
Juneteenth is a reminder that a large segment of the U.S. population got a 300-year head start. There’s few places this rings more true...
Christopher Breland
Jun 18, 20213 min read


VA Loans Have Quietly Offered the Lowest Mortgage Rates For 7 Years
While homebuyers have been locking in historically low interest rates for over a year, most won’t — and can’t — get the lowest mortgage...
Christopher Breland
Jun 15, 20214 min read


Consumers: It’s a Bad Time To Buy a House… and a Worse Time To Rent
After several years of a general belief that it’s a good time to buy a home — even through a global pandemic — it seems consumers are...
Christopher Breland
Jun 14, 20213 min read


Houses R Us? How Empty Retail Buildings Could Turn Into Housing
California is leading the way with innovative ideas that could finally alleviate the persistent housing crunch in the U.S. Necessity was...
Christopher Breland
Jun 9, 20213 min read


Heating Up: 2021 Summer Home Sales Projections
Fueled by a combination of historically low interest rates, pent-up pandemic savings, and probably a little “monkey-see-monkey-do,” the...
Christopher Breland
Jun 8, 20213 min read


Mixed May Jobs Report Won’t Send Mortgage Rates Soaring
The U.S. added 559,000 jobs in May, reducing the unemployment rate by 0.3 percentage points to 5.8%, according to the Bureau of Labor...
Christopher Breland
Jun 7, 20213 min read


Home Affordability Rankings Reveal the Best Kept Secret in Housing
The pandemic-driven work-from-home wave didn’t only make sweatpants and midday naps acceptable. It also presented the unique opportunity...
Christopher Breland
Jun 4, 20213 min read


Adjustable Rate Mortgages Are Quietly Having a Moment
Ever since 30-year fixed mortgage rates fell below 3% last July, headlines have pleaded for homebuyers to take notice of these historic...
Christopher Breland
Jun 3, 20213 min read
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