Homes
NAR $418m lawsuit settlement could mean lower fees for home buyers and sellers. Redfin & CNBC explain how.
This short Onion piece nails the truth about real estate wealth creation, right down to the location, LOL!
Rocket Homes is now on Apple CarPlay so you can see, Favorite, and get directions to nearby homes while driving
Existing home sales break losing streak, barely. It costs between $90 and $107k to buy an existing home with 5% down. Here's the math. Can you afford this?
Average U.S. homeowner lost $5,400 from 1Q22 to 1Q23, but they now have $274,000 in equity which is up from $182,000 pre-pandemic.
A Gallup poll just said U.S. families of 4 need $85k per year to survive. Right now it takes somewhere between $91k to $115k to buy a home.
New home prices of $420,800 right now. You need to make $115k to afford this with 5% down and $600 in other bills like credit cards and car loans.
Existing home sales down 14 of 15 months, and home prices now $388,800 for 86% of inventory. Is this affordable? Here's the math.
43% of home sellers gave out buyer freebies, 21% gave freebies and sold below asking price, and 16% gave freebies and dropped price. Here are the charts.
NAHB chart 1999-2023 shows how average house sizes grew to around 2500 square feet since Great Recession. Here's a quick briefing on what's driven these trends.
With Rocket's new ONE+ down-payment program, qualifying homebuyers pay 1% and Rocket covers remaining 2%.
Key notes from NAHB on homebuilder confidence, how builders are making deals with buyers right now, and how many homes are getting built.
To promote both Zillow ChatGPT & Redfin ChatGPT home search launching, here's LOL satire about Zillow & Redfin bots going to war!
At 1,416 feet above the city and 17k square feet, this 3-floor Central Park Tower penthouse is the most expensive listing in America. And it is amazing.
Renowned NYC real estate appraiser Jonathan Miller just updated his chart set on 2022 Wall Street bonuses. He notes why NYC housing may be less reliant on Wall Street jobs than it used to.
