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401(k) Auto-Enrollment Connected to Early Withdrawals, With Housing Implications

August 23rd, 2018
With Social Security trust fund reserves waning—predicted to be depleted by 2034, leaving Social Security unable to maintain full scheduled benefits—and the number of retirees expecting to receive benefits increasing, more and more Americans are relying on 401(k) savings to...

Housing in 2020: Construction Costs Grow, Mortgage Rates Slow

August 26th, 2018
Where will housing be in 2020? According to the latest Metrostudy predictions, if all continues on its current track, construction costs could continue to increase, and mortgage rates could reel in. While rates have increased in the last six months,...

The Headline-Making Markets Are Softening

August 27th, 2018
In the expansion following the recession, the conversation in housing has lingered on markets like Denver, Portland and Seattle—places where prices have risen sharply, and demand is discouragingly mismatched with supply. Now, the hottest markets’ prices are slowing, according to...

Zillow Report: A Buyer’s Market in 2020?

August 28th, 2018
In a recent survey conducted by Zillow with Pulsenomics LLC, over 100 real estate economists and industry experts shared their predictions about the U.S. housing market in relation to buyer or seller leanings. While annual home-value appreciation was faster in...

Housing Predictions Ahead: REALTORS® Chief Economist Provides Market Insights

August 28th, 2018
Nearly a decade after the Great Recession, Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), says concerns that the housing market has peaked and is headed toward another slowdown are purely speculative, regardless of recent sales declines...

Watch select iOi Summit Sessions LIVE

August 28th, 2018
NAR PULSE—Tune in to watch three sessions LIVE from the Real Estate Innovation, Opportunity & Investment (iOi) Summit on NAR’s Facebook page, beginning Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. PT. Learn how innovators are redefining real estate to meet the needs...

Case-Shiller: Home Prices Continue Upward Trend

August 28th, 2018
U.S. home prices continue to surge according to the latest S&P CoreLogic/Case-Shiller Indices, which found June prices on an upward trend (at 6.2 percent year-over-year), inciting affordability concerns. “Home prices continue to rise across the U.S.” said David M. Blitzer,...

Pending Home Sales Stumble as Housing Market Momentum Wanes

August 29th, 2018
Pending home sales stepped back in July and have now fallen on an annual basis for seven straight months, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, decreased 0.7...

Mortgage Applications Down From Previous Week

August 30th, 2018
The Market Composite Index, which measures mortgage loan application volume, dropped by 1.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ending August 24, 2018, according to recent data by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey....

Home Price Cuts Increase, but Still Not Buyer’s Market

August 30th, 2018
Realtor.com® has announced the findings of its August housing trend report which revealed a surge in price cuts and the second largest drop in the U.S. median list price in three years. Although competition between buyers remained stiff and list...
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