Home prices continue to rise across the country, despite the market tilting in favor buyers. The national median single-family existing-home price increased 1.7% year over year to $426,800 in the third quarter, the same annual growth rate as the second quarter, an analysis by the National Association of Realtors found. “Home sales have struggled to […]
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If you’ve seen headlines about home prices dropping, it’s easy to wonder what that means for the value of your home too. Here’s what you really need to know. Even with small price declines in some markets, data shows you’re likely still way ahead. And that’s thanks to your home equity. The Relationship Between Home
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Buying a home in 2025 can feel like stepping into “The Amityville Horror” — a dream house that turns into a nightmare once you see the fine print. For many Americans, that fear isn’t just cinematic. Between high prices, surprise repairs and a few possible ghosts, homeownership is giving people the chills. A recent survey
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High-speed internet access has evolved from a luxury amenity to an essential utility that directly influences residential property valuations across the United States. Modern homebuyers and mortgage lenders increasingly recognize broadband connectivity as a major factor in determining home desirability and market value. Broadband infrastructure drives market premiums According to a study published in Regional
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Home prices gained the least in over two years, slowing for the seventh straight month in August as buyers gained leverage in negotiations and inventory grew. A national measure of prices rose 1.5% from a year earlier, according to data from S&P Cotality Case-Shiller. It was the smallest gain since mid-2023 and followed a 1.6%
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Americans are moving less than at any point in the past 50 years, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by Point2Homes. In 2024, only 11% of Americans — or roughly 37 million residents — changed their address. That’s down from 14.3% a decade earlier and nearly half the rate of the 1960s, when
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Home prices firmed up for the second month in a row in the existing home sales report released Thursday. Demand showed higher year-over-year growth, while inventory growth has slowed down recently. Several months ago, my model showed that the existing-home sales market should show growth compared to last year, even if sales remained flat at
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Scroll through your feed and you’ll see plenty of finger-pointing about why homes cost so much. And according to a national survey, a lot of people believe big investors are to blame. Even though data shows that’s not true, nearly half of Americans surveyed (48%) think investors are the top reason housing feels so expensive
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The share of U.S. homes that are considered equity rich — where owners owe no more than half of their property’s estimated market value — fell for the third straight quarter, according to ATTOM’s third-quarter 2025 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report. About 46.1% of mortgaged homes were equity rich at the end of September,
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The average interest rate on all outstanding mortgages in the U.S. is now 4.3%. You might be surprised to learn that by the end of the year, the average rate will be higher than the levels of Q1 2020, before the pandemic boom. For the average American mortgage holder, the incredible gains of the pandemic
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