Commentary

Many parties work in concert in the lead-up to building and selling a home; zoning is one area that can be reformed to make affordable housing a feasible goal.

The S&P CoreLogic index fell on both a monthly and yearly basis. Click through to see the research and commentary from Craig J. Lazzara, Managing Director at S&P DJI.

However, while monthly numbers show a short-term improvement, the National Association of Realtors found the market to be down nearly 25% year-over-year.

Even with a recession in the forecast, the economy appears to be an unexpectedly good place to start off the year according to Fannie Mae.

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing in February on the topic of “The State of Housing 2023” with three highly placed witnesses to give testimony to the committee addressing current challenges and forecasts of what to expect in real estate this year.

“Housing affordability is the result of the tug-of-war between purchasing power, which is the product of household income and mortgage rates, and nominal house price growth,” said First American Economist Ksenia Potapov.

The share of homes valued over $1 million has more than doubled since 2015. Click through to find out where they’re located—and who is buying them.

A new commentary and research piece by Jacob Channel, LendingTree’s Senior Economist, hits on the topic of racial inequities in homeownership—particularly the share of homes owned by Black identifying Americans compared to the share of Black people living in the same area.

Acknowledging the looming dangers of a warming planet, CoreLogic has released new research accounting for factors such as rising sea levels, increased frequency of intense storms, and the amount of flooding that could be caused by storms in the Miami area by 2050.

According to the National Consumer Law Center, when the GSEs sell loans to private investors it can cause borrowers to lose protections to keep them out of foreclosure.