Housing Pending Home Sales Sank 20.8% in March After hitting 3-year high in February, pending home sales plunged sharply to its lowest level…Karen ZitoApril 29, 2020
Housing GDP Declines for First Time Since 2014 The U.S. economy declined in the first quarter of 2020 due to the impact of…Karen ZitoApril 29, 2020
Housing Homeownership Rate Up in the First Quarter 2020 According to the Census Bureau’s Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS), the U.S. homeownership rate reaches 65.3% in…Karen ZitoApril 28, 2020
Housing Home Price Appreciation Continues in February In February, national home price appreciation continued prior to COVID-19 shutdown. All 20 metro areas…Karen ZitoApril 28, 2020
Housing Share of Americans Looking to Buy a Home Drops to Lowest 1st Quarter Reading in Three Years According to NAHB’s latest Housing Trends Report (HTR), the share of adults who are considering purchasing…Karen ZitoApril 27, 2020
Housing Conventional Financing of New Home Purchases Declines as VA-Backed Sales Gain Market Share NAHB analysis of the most recent Quarterly Sales by Price and Financing published by the U.S. Census…Karen ZitoApril 24, 2020
Housing U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Hit 4.4 Million The U.S. Department of Labor released the Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for the week ending April…Karen ZitoApril 23, 2020
Housing Refinancing Shows Strong Year-over-Year Gains While Purchases Slide The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Weekly Application Survey shows a 0.3% seasonally adjusted decline in loan application…Karen ZitoApril 22, 2020
Housing Virus Affecting Homeowners’ Willingness to Remodel A recent NAHB survey shows the negative effect the coronavirus pandemic is having on the…Karen ZitoApril 22, 2020
Housing Existing Home Sales Tumble in March After reaching 13-year high last month, existing home sales, as reported by the National Association of…Karen ZitoApril 21, 2020