At the national level, housing affordability is down from a year ago as home price growth distresses affordability. Inventory levels are low and are putting pressure on home prices despite another month of declining mortgage rates. Housing affordability declined from a year ago in June pushing the index from 154.8 to 153.3. The median sales… Continue Reading June 2016 Housing Affordability Index
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WASHINGTON (August 10, 2016) — Home prices maintained their robust, upward trajectory in a vast majority of metro areas during the second quarter, causing affordability to slightly decline despite mortgage rates hovering at lows not seen in over three years, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors®. The report also… Continue Reading Home-Price Gains Unfettered in Most Metro Areas during Second Quarter
Lenders’ reluctance to share closing disclosures (CDs) with REALTORS® rose in the 2nd quarter of 2016 according to responses to NAR’s Survey of Mortgage Originators. Under the new Know Before You Owe or TRID rules, the HUD-1 closing form was replaced with the CD. In the past, REALTORS® frequently reviewed the HUD-1 for their clients… Continue Reading Closing Documents Remain Elusive, but Change Coming
$1,085,000. That was the eye-grabbing, milestone figure highlighted in today’s NAR research release of second quarter metro home prices. For the first time ever, a metro area – San Jose, California – had a median single-family home price above $1 million. For the rest of the country the theme of robust price growth continued. Single-family home… Continue Reading Recap: Metro Home Prices Continue Ascent in Second Quarter
Existing-home sales increased 1.1 percent in June from one month prior while new home sales rose 3.5 percent. These headline figures are seasonally adjusted figures and are reported in the news. However, for everyday practitioners, simple raw counts of home sales are often more meaningful than the seasonally adjusted figures. The raw count determines income… Continue Reading Raw Count of Home Sales (June 2016)