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Zillow Housing Confidence Index: Homeowners Got Swagger, But Buyers Increasingly Discouraged

Homeowners have a lot of swagger in today’s market, and for good reason – home values are rising, demand is high and homes are selling very quickly. But the same trends helping to buoy homeowner confidence are also proving increasingly discouraging for potential buyers, particularly among current renters, a critical imbalance that could have important impacts on the market going forward.

Q2 2016 Negative Equity Report: Why Cities and Suburbs Are Only Sometimes Impacted Similarly

At its worst, negative equity touched all kinds of homeowners in all kinds of markets. The type of community a given home was in – urban or suburban – mattered little. Fast-forward a few years, and the relative vibrancy of a given community and how it has performed over the past few years, and not necessarily its location in the city or suburbs, matters a great deal.

Urban Ascendant: Home Values in and Around Washington, D.C.

The housing market in and around Washington, D.C., has fundamentally transformed over the past decade. Perhaps more than any other U.S. market, the nation’s capital sharply illustrates the extent of urban renaissance experienced in many cities nationwide, and the diverging post-Recession fortunes of the nation’s urban and suburban communities.

What the Homeownership Rate Really Tells Us About U.S. Housing

A hard half-decade after the bottom of the housing bust, several fundamentals of the U.S. housing market point to a recovery that is nearly complete: Home values in many markets are near or even above pre-recession levels, demand for homes is high and sales are up. But one key piece is missing. The U.S. homeownership rate – at all-time highs just a decade ago – remains stuck today at a 50-year low.