The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates, with The Wall Street Journal reporting last week that a quarter-point increase was announced, with another 6 planned in the coming year alone.…
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Are we witnessing housing stagflation?
With the increase in housing prices, homeowners have enjoyed significant equity gains according to a new report from Molly Boesel at CoreLogic. Equity in mortgaged housing jumped $3.2 trillion in…
Demand returns to urban markets in 2022
Despite the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, interest rates are set to rise in the coming months according to NPR. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is noted as saying that interest…
Impact of Ukraine invasion on housing
Our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine and those with family and friends impacted. by the invasion. Nick Pipitone of Propmodo opens up this week’s newsletter discussing the Russian…
Real estate investments hit record high [2022 update]
Redfin reported last week that real estate investors are buying up record shares of U.S. homes. Specifically, investors purchased 18.4% of all for-sale homes in Q4 2021. This is a…
Are short-term rentals part of your long game? They should be…
Roofstock recently launched a short-term rental marketplace for properties that are typically used as vacation or seasonal rentals. These property listings include data from similar short-term rentals in the area,…
Crypto mortgages are on the rise
Despite the volatility of cryptocurrencies, they continue to be a growing trend in the real estate world. Tony Cantu of Mortgage Professional America (MPA) reports on Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA’s…
Migration patterns Americans are on the move, here’s to where
U-Haul and United Van Lines released migration studies earlier this month highlighting the markets that have the most inward and outward migration. Starting with U-Haul, which calculates growth states using…
Housing inventory down 40.5% in 2022 from 2019
Nicole Friedman of The Wall Street Journal kicks off the week with new data around existing home sales, which jumped to a 15-year high last year. Strong demand and low…