Why Housing Choice Voucher Availability & Value Don’t Match Demand or Market Growth
A chronic shortage of federal Housing Choice Vouchers is putting renter households already hard-hit by the pandemic in an even more vulnerable position.
Mortgage Rates Fall to Pandemic-Driven New Lows
After spiking in early January, mortgage rates have spent the last couple weeks trending consistently lower as more pandemics news injects fresh uncertainty into markets.
November Case-Shiller Results & December Forecast: Gathering Speed
Growth in home prices continued to climb in November, gathering speed before the end of the year and setting the stage for a full out sprint in 2021.
The U.S. Housing Market Gained More Value in 2020 than in any Year Since 2005
The combined value of all homes nationwide rose by almost $2.5 trillion in 2020 -- the most in a single year since 2005 -- to a whopping $36.2 trillion.
Zillow Market Pulse: January 22, 2021
December existing home sales, home value growth and home construction activity all exceeded expectations and capped off an extraordinary year in housing.
December Existing Home Sales: Why 2020 will go Down as the Best Year in a Generation
One last unexpectedly strong monthly gain in sales in December will ensure that 2020 will go down as the best year for existing home sales since 2006.
Home Value Growth Breaks New Records in Face of Unrelenting Demand (December 2020 Market Report)
Home values in Q4 rose 3.2% over the previous quarter, the largest quarterly increase since at least 1996 (when Zillow records begin).
December Housing Starts: Capping Off an Extraordinary Year
2020 will go down, quite unexpectedly, as one of the best years for home builders in recent memory and proof that great challenges can be overcome.
Mortgage Rates Fall as Pandemic Uncertainty Continues
After months of barely budging, rates rose significantly in early January at their strongest pace since the spring but that upward momentum has since dissipated.
Austin Expected to be Nation’s Hottest Housing Market in 2021, Leading a Sunbelt Surge
Austin and a lineup of sunny, affordable metro areas are most likely to outperform the nation in home value growth in 2021, according to experts.
