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Foreclosure Activity Rises by 28% in the Third Quarter of 2023

According to the ATTOM Data’s Q3 2023 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, the number of U.S. properties with foreclosure filings (default notices, scheduled auctions, or bank repossessions) has increased by 28% from Q2 and 34% from the previous year. In September alone, there were 37,679 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings, which is an 11% increase from […]

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S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Up in July

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index records a rise in July

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The latest report from the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index revealed a 1% annual change in home prices for July 2023. The 10-City Composite saw a 0.9% increase, while the 20-City Composite had a 0.1% increase compared to the previous year. Additionally, 19 out of the 20 major metropolitan markets reported

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Housing Construction Plummets in August

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The U.S. government has released a report stating that privately-owned housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,283,000. This is 11.3% lower than the revised number for July and 14.8% lower than the same time last year. In August, there were 334,000 units in buildings with five units or more.

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New Single-Family Home Size Reach Decade Low

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rewrite the content without plagiarism for 1500 words Recent analysis from the NAHB’s Eye on Housing shows that for new single family homes, the median single-family square floor area declined to 2,191 square feet, the lowest reading since the end of 2010. In addition, the average (mean) square footage for new single-family homes fell to

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US Mortgage Delinquencies Fall for 22nd Straight Month

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According to the latest CoreLogic Loan Performance Insights Report, in January 2023, 2.8% of mortgages were delinquent by at least 30 days or more including those in foreclosure. This figure represents a 0.5-percentage point decrease in the overall delinquency rate compared with January 2022. CoreLogic says measuring early-stage delinquency rates is important for analyzing the

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Zumper’s National Rent Report for March ’23

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Rental information site Zumper recently released their latest monthly National Rent Report for March, 2023. According to their data, rent for 1-bedroom apartments was $1,494 (up .02% from February) and the median two-bedroom rent was $1,833 (up 0.5% from February). Zumper says this uptick points to a larger trend of deceleration of price increases and

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Local Market Monitor’s National Economic Outlook for March ’23

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March, 2023 The number of jobs in February was 2.9 percent higher than last year, normally an indicator of strong economic growth, but the increase was 3.3 percent in January, 3.5 percent in December. The rate of improvement is slowing down, which probably means that we’re still counting pandemic recovery jobs as new jobs, and

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America Has a Shortfall of 6.5 Million Single-Family Homes Thanks to Decade of Under-Building

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A new report from Realtor.com says a decade of under-building in America has led to a shortfall of 6.5 million single-family homes in the U.S. To come up with their conclusions, Realtor.com looked at household formation, housing starts, and home sales. They found that given how many households were formed between 2012 and 2022 the

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Mortgage Delinquencies Increase in Q4 2022

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According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s recent National Delinquency Survey, the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.96 percent of all loans outstanding at the end of Q4 2022. The MBA says the delinquency rate was up 51 basis points from Q3 but still down

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Redfin Says Investors Buying Half as Many Homes as They Were a Year Ago

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A new report from Redfin says that investor purchases of U.S. homes fell a record 45.8% year over year in Q4 2022. They said the high cost of borrowing money and the prospect of substantial home-price declines have made real estate investing less attractive. In addition, they point out that the 2nd biggest decline on

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