Q3 2016 Market Report: High Demand Continues to Put Pressure on Home Values
Now three-fourths of the way through 2016, the trends we’ve seen shaping the market throughout much of the year – namely, high demand for homes to buy and low supply of homes for sale, which have conspired to push up prices – look firmly entrenched.
Is Your City Building Enough Housing? Weighing Today’s Housing Promises Versus Past Housing Delivery
A lack of new housing supply has been blamed for a raft of housing issues plaguing many large U.S. housing markets, including rapid appreciation, deteriorating affordability (especially at the lower end of the market and for renters) and very limited inventory. In response, mayors’ offices nationwide have formulated plans focused on building new housing and rehabilitating and preserving what housing already exists. But are these plans enough, and are they feasible?
July 2016 Market Report: Four Years of Recovery, Still 4+ Percent Left to Go
The median U.S. home value has risen on an annual basis in each month for the past four years – and still remains more than 4 percent below its pre-recession high.
Own-to-Rent: The Foreclosure Crisis and Single-Family Home Rentals
Once strongly associated with homeownership, a growing share of single-family homes are now being rented. And by extension, more of the country’s rental market is now composed of single-family homes.
February Market Report: Peeking at Home Value Peaks
Median home values in more than a quarter of the nation’s metro housing markets are currently, or were recently (within the last year), at peak and as high as they’ve ever been, according to the February Zillow Real Estate Market Report. But what do home value peaks really mean?
