A recent report released by the National Association of Realtors® reveals a decline in the number of home sales across the nation in September 2018, following a “month of stagnation in August.” The number of sales, which are composed of closed transactions of single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, were down 4.1 percent from September 2017.
Read MoreIn a recent real estate column in Seattle Times, reporter Mike Rosenberg asked a question on many minds: “Why are Seattle-area home prices so high?” At the most basic level, it all boils down to two factors: supply and demand.
Read MoreWilliam Hillis, RSIR's acclaimed Research Editor and Data Analyst, has assembled a year-over-year performance review of eight key counties and 29 regional markets, with trends to watch in 2018.
Read MoreIt seems that millennials have dominated much of the real estate conversation over the past few years, as their hesitancy to purchase following the economic downturn has gradually shifted toward leaps into homeownership. But now, Inman proclaims that it’s time for millennials to move over, as more and more buyers from Gen Z are emerging onto the market; and according to their estimates, “about 100,000 homebuyers in the current housing market were born after 1995.”
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