Home-Value Surge After Facebook IPO Provides Insight For 2019
Areas with more Facebook employees saw home values increase by $29,800 more than the general San Francisco Bay Area in the year after Facebook’s IPO from Zillow MediaRoom – Press …
Share of Homes Sold Above Asking Price Hits Two-Year Low
Only 19 percent of homes sold in the U.S. in December fetched more than their list price, and the rate from November dropped in eight of the nation’s top-10 markets …
More Than a Third of Home Buyers Now Make More Than $100,000
About 3.5 million fewer households can afford a typical home than could in 2012, as home buyer incomes have pulled ahead of homeowner incomes, and remain more than double that …
Home Value Appreciation Slowed in Most Major Markets
Seattle and San Jose saw the biggest declines in appreciation over the year, but Indianapolis and Atlanta accelerated. from Zillow MediaRoom – Press Releases (Housing Market/Rental Research) http://bit.ly/2FWQCd8 via IFTTT
Price Cuts on New Construction Homes Becoming More Common
Nearly all of the nation’s largest housing markets saw the share of new construction homes with price cuts increase between the beginning and end of 2018 from Zillow MediaRoom – …
Silicon Valley Still Reigns Supreme for Hottest Housing Markets, but the South Will Heat Up in 2019
San Jose claims the top spot for the second straight year, but Southern markets with growing tech economies make up half of the top-10 list of the hottest housing markets …
Interest Rates More Severely Impacting Home Values but Not First-Time Buyers, According to Experts
An expert panel predicts the homeownership rate – led by first-time buyers – will climb above the historic norm within five years, despite rising interest rates. from Zillow MediaRoom – …
Unpaid Federal Workers Owe $438 Million in Mortgage and Rent Payments This Month
The federal government shutdown also impacts thousands of potential home buyers trying to secure loans, especially those with the least means from Zillow MediaRoom – Press Releases (Housing Market/Rental Research) …
California Captured One-Third of the National Housing Recovery
The United States housing market has gained nearly $11 trillion since bottoming out in 2012; California’s housing market got $3.7 trillion of it from Zillow MediaRoom – Press Releases (Housing …
Rising Mortgage Rates Take Big Bite out of Buyers’ Budgets
A slowing housing market doesn’t mean it has suddenly become a good time for prospective home buyers as rising rates keep mortgage payments climbing. from Zillow MediaRoom – Press Releases …
