Welcome to the first day of summer! Things are on rise this week, with both cyber breaches and rents reporting just how much they’ve each grown. On the opposite side, San Francisco housing finally isn’t rising. And now one year after his bother went missing, Chris Cranston recounts the case to The Huffington Post’s Senior Crime Reporter.
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Serving in the military dictates many home buying and selling decisions for active-duty members, and continues to have residual effects — both positive and negative — for veterans. This week’s HousingWire factsheet uses data from the National Association of Realtors’ latest profile of homebuyers and Sellers to show just how different their housing decisions are.
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The National Association of Realtors sent a letter to two members of Congress this week, declaring the organization’s support of alternative credit-scoring models that could be used to open the credit box to previously underserved borrowers. Here’s why NAR thinks alternative credit scoring is so important.
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Distressed sales continue to decreased month and annually. At the current rate, distressed sales could hit the pre-crisis market by 2018. Here’s how March distressed sales compared to the previous month and year.
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San Antonio police are searching for a man accused of posing a real estate agent and fleecing a would-be homebuyer by fraudulently claiming to own a home he didn’t actually own.
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San Antonio police are searching for a man accused of posing a real estate agent and fleecing a would-be homebuyer by fraudulently claiming to own a home he didn’t actually own.
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Don’t worry, there are still two days left before Father’s Day, just in case you forgot. In honor of the holiday, Bruce Elliot, president-elect of the Orlando Regional Realtor Association, chatted with HousingWire on the top factors fathers want in a home.
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New data shows that home sales decreased annually in the Golden State, but increased monthly. Prices continue to increase due to lack of affordable inventory. Despite rising home prices, cash sales also increased from last month. PropertyRadar’s director of economic research explains why.
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New data shows that home sales decreased annually in the Golden State, but increased monthly. Prices continue to increase due to lack of affordable inventory. Despite rising home prices, cash sales also increased from last month. PropertyRadar’s director of economic research explains why.
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New data shows that home construction increased slightly during May, however inventory is still tight. This is how the low home supply is affecting the rest of the housing market.
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