Election Year Real Estate Trends: Is Now (or Later) the Right Time to Buy or Sell? Read This Weeks Newsletter With the next presidential election approaching fast, the campaign rhetoric isn’t the only thing heating up. Consumers across the country are feeling uncertain and overwhelmed, wondering whether it makes sense to buy or sell a […]

Read This Weeks Newsletter Shifting Into Neutral: Housing Markets Balance as Sellers Lose Ground New Zillow research highlights the shift toward a more balanced housing market as sellers lose their advantage due to rising inventory and slowing home price appreciation. Competition for available homes has cooled faster than normal as buyers continue to struggle with […]

The Housing Market Shift: Ivy Zelman’s Predictions On Prices And Opportunities For Buyers Check Out This weeks Newsletter Anytime Ivy Zelman, CEO of Zelman & Associates, appears in an interview (or webinar) to discuss the current housing market, we tune in.  So, of course, when Zelman joined two CNBC “Squawk Box” hosts for a conversation […]

Luxury Home Prices Reach All-Time High New reports from Redfin and Zillow highlight the growth in luxury home values and sale prices relative to non-luxury. Redfin’s report focuses more on luxury home sale prices, which rose 8.8% year over year in the second quarter of 2024, compared to a 3.8% increase for non-luxury homes that […]

Housing Inventory Hits New Post-Pandemic High Realtor.com® just released its July Housing Report—with good news for buyers.  For one, active listings have reached a post-pandemic high, climbing 36.6% in July compared to the same time last year.  Meanwhile, the share of for-sale listings with price cuts has increased to 18.9%, the highest share recorded since […]

60% of Gen Z Worry They’ll Never Afford a Home Six out of 10 Gen Zers worry they might never become homeowners. That’s according to a survey by Clever Real Estate, which highlights the biggest barriers to homeownership for Gen Z as well as their top concerns and priorities. Because while 92% of Gen Z […]

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: How Would Trump Impact Housing Policy? For a man who seems to have an opinion about everything, former President Donald Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet about the state of the U.S. housing market. His campaign has not offered any proposals on addressing the evaporation of affordability in housing, nor have any […]

Home Sale Prices Reach Record Highs For 9th Consecutive Week, But Signs A Shift May Be Coming Read My July 12th News Letter The median U.S. home sale price hit a record high for the ninth consecutive week, according to Redfin’s latest report. The four-week period ending July 7 saw the median sale price climb […]

The Sentimental Value of Homes: A Hidden Factor in The Housing Market The biggest stumbling block to selling a home for Gen Xers and Boomers could be rooted in their emotions.  Over the next 10 years, an estimated $68 trillion in wealth will change hands during what’s being called “The Great Wealth Transfer” from Boomers […]