Category: Housing Market News

Update: A new version of this story was published in October 2013 and includes predictions for the U.S. housing market in 2014. The story below has been retained as a historical archive. Welcome to the housing predictions library, brought to you by the Home Buying Institute. On this page, you’ll find the world’s largest collection […]

Napa, CA – U.S. Housing News — A recent survey by the Home Buying Institute revealed the greatest fears and concerns among home buyers. On the top of the list: an overwhelming mortgage payment. We asked thousands of home buyers what their biggest fears were, with regard to the home-buying process. The majority of respondents […]

Editor’s note: This article was updated in 2019 to remove links to pages on the HUD website that are no longer available. The rest of the story has been preserved for historical purposes. As of August 2010, when this article was published, approximately 11 million homeowners were upside down in their mortgage loans. Much of […]

Mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be restructured in the near future. We just don’t know how. There are currently dozens of proposals on the table, and a meeting of the minds recently concluded in Washington. Still, the question remains: What should we do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? These two organizations […]

Exclusive Report: Our editor-in-chief recently sold his home in a slow market. Within eight days, he had multiple offers for the full asking price. The home went under contract on day nine. This is the kind of home-selling success that most homeowners can only dream of right now. In this article, Brandon explains how we […]

Austin, TX – U.S. Housing News — Every few years, a little-known city or town will start to get national attention, followed by rapid growth. Someone in the media will “discover” the place and write about it favorably. This puts it on the radar of folks who are looking to relocate. And before you know […]

Austin, TX – U.S. Housing News — It’s a buyer’s market in most cities across the country. So if you want to sell your house, you need to go the extra mile. You can start by focusing on the three P’s of home selling. Reader Question: “I’m trying to sell my house, but it’s been […]

Lately, a lot of homeowners want to find recent home sales in their neighborhoods. More so than usual. Google queries for this topic have skyrocketed in recent months. Here are three websites you can use to find recently sold homes near you. We review Internet search trends on a regular basis, as part of our […]

There is much ado about low property appraisals lately. Many home builders, sellers and real estate agents complain that appraisals are skewed by foreclosure homes. Low property appraisals are the topic du jour in the real estate world. Today, for example, nearly a dozen major news outlets ran stories about low appraisals on their real-estate […]

If you only read the news headlines right now, you’d think every real estate market in the country was experiencing an upswing. For example: “Home Prices Rise for the Fifth Month in a Row.” That’s the headline making the rounds today. But this is based on national trends and averages, so it’s essentially useless to […]