ATTOM’s 2024 U.S. Home Flipping Report According to ATTOM’s year-end 2024 U.S. Home Flipping Report, 297,885 single-family houses and condominiums were flipped in 2024. That figure is down 7.7% from 322,782 in 2023 and 32.4% from a recent peak of nearly 441k reached in 2022. In addition, the report further says that as the number […]
Latest Yardi Matrix Multifamily Report According to the latest Yardi Matrix Multifamily Report, multifamily rents were flat in February, 2025 with the average U.S. advertised rent increasing $1 to $1,751. Year-over-year rent growth was unchanged at 1.2%. “Multifamily performance tends to be subdued in the winter months in advance of the spring moving season, and
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The Impact of Consumer Spending on U.S. GDP The Visual Capitalist says consumer spending represents 68% of U.S. GDP, with much of this used for housing, transportation, and healthcare costs. Today’s graphic shows the average annual expenditures of Americans, based on data from the Consumer Expenditures Survey 2023 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Stay safe
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NAR Reports Increase in Existing Home Sales The National Association of Realtors is reporting that existing home sales were up 4.2% in February to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 4.26 million – down 1.2% year over year. Total housing inventory at the end of February was 1.24 million units, up 5.1% from January and up
February saw a 4.2% increase in existing home sales. Read More »
U.S. Housing Starts and Permits Report for February 2025 The U.S. government is reporting that privately‐owned housing starts in February, 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,501,000, which is 11.2% higher than January’s revised number and is 2.9% lower than one year ago. February’s rate for units in buildings with five units
Housing construction activity surged in February, with housing starts increasing by 11%. Read More »
Affluent Home Buyers Using Rent-to-Own Deals A recent report in the Wall Street Journal (reposted on Realtor.com) says real-estate agents are reporting that affluent home buyers are using rent-to-own deals to finance their homes. Interestingly, they say rent-to-own transactions offer well-to-do buyers substantial benefits such as (in new construction) the ability to discover construction defects
Wealthy home buyers are increasingly embracing the concept of rent-to-own. Read More »
BLS Reports Inflation Eases in February The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% in February, 2025. The all items index was up 2.8% for the 12 months ending in February. Interestingly, while the index for shelter increased 4.2% over the last year,
The Impact of Property Taxes on Local Government Financing
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According to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI), home prices were up 4.5% from December 2023 to December 2024, after rising 0.4% in December. The FHFA HPI is the nation’s only collection of public, freely available house price indexes that measure changes in single-family home values based on data from
FHFA reports that home prices have increased by 4.5% compared to last year. Read More »
Zumper Releases Latest National Rent Report for February 2025 Rental information site Zumper recently released their latest monthly National Rent Report for February, 2025. According to their data, median rent for 1-bedroom apartments was $1525 (up 2.9%) and $1,905 (up 3.7%) for two-bedrooms. Be sure to check out their list of the top 100 metro
February 2025, rental prices across the country have continued to rise.
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