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Housing Market, US: Mid-2016 Update
The US housing market is on a roll and is showing no signs of slowing down — that’s the key takeaway from Goldman Sachs’ most recent Housing Monitor research report, released Thursday. US Housing Market: Mid-2016 Update According to the Goldman Sachs research, US house prices have continued to grow close to a 5 per…
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US Negative Equity Rate, Home Property Values
According to the Zillow Negative 2Q Equity Report, released Thursday, the overall US negative equity rate as of the end of 2Q 2016 – the share of homeowners that were underwater, owing more to their lenders than their home was worth – was 12.1 per cent. That’s down from 12.7 per cent in 1Q and…
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US Housing Affordability: 2Q 2016
According to the National Association of Home Builders / Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index, solid home price appreciation more than offset a modest reduction in mortgage interest rates to push housing affordability lower in 2Q 2016. The national median home price increased from US$223,000 in 1Q 2016 to US$240,000 in 2Q. Meanwhile, average mortgage rates…
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US Real Estate Market, Housing Affordability
Homeownership rates in the US have collapsed to 63.1 per cent, down from 2004 highs of about 69 per cent, according to the US Census Bureau Wednesday. As homeownership rates come full circle from the early 1990s levels, the Median Asking Price for Vacant Units has steadily risen. Meanwhile, according to the National Association of…
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REO Inventory, US: 2Q 2016
Freddie Mac reported this week the amount of Real Estate Owned s (REO) inventory declined to 13,284 at the end of 2Q 2106 compared to 19,484 at the end of Q2 2015. For Freddie, this is down 82 per cent from the 74,897 peak number of REOs in 3Q 2010. For Freddie, this is the…
