Weekly News Roundup High Interest Rates Freeze Residential Real Estate A “trifecta” of bad news on the housing market came out this week: Sales of new homes fell 4.7% in April from March. Sales of existing homes dropped by about 2%. And in May, homebuilder sentiment fell sharply into officially “bummed out” territory. It was…
Weekly News Roundup San Francisco Troubles & Bright Spot The city’s downtown core remains in recovery as office vacancy sits at all time highs due to remote work and tech layoffs, while deteriorating conditions and concerns about crime have taken some luster from San Francisco’s soaring glass skyline. Meanwhile, the city’s Jackson Square neighborhood, a…
Surging Rental Home Construction Developers are building new houses for rent at an unprecedented rate, aiming to capitalize on the steep home prices and higher mortgage rates that are forcing many Americans to keep renting. In 2023, 93,000 new single-family homes for rent were completed, according to estimates from housing consulting firm John Burns Research…
E-Commerce Supporting Retail Real Estate Store owners once viewed e-commerce as a mounting threat to their survival. Now, more bricks-and-mortar stores are thriving after integrating their properties with the online shopping experience. Shoppers browse in person to see, touch or try on items before ordering them online. They are picking up or returning purchases in…
Crackdown on Wall Street Real Estate New legislative proposals represent an attempt by elected officials to regulate Wall Street’s appetite for single-family homes. These lawmakers say that investors that have scooped up hundreds of thousands of houses to rent out are contributing to the dearth of homes for sale and driving up home prices. They…
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Weekly News Roundup Boomers Contribute to Housing Shortage Baby boomers bought up many of the big homes across the U.S. when they were raising their families. Now they’re staying put, even though their kids are all grown up. Boomers are on top in a housing market where tight inventory, higher interest rates and steep prices…
Weekly News Roundup Housing Costs Skyrocket Property taxes and home-maintenance costs are climbing in much of the country. Non-mortgage costs including property taxes, maintenance, utilities and insurance make up more than half of homeowners’ overall costs, according to a 2022 analysis by Fannie Mae economists. Worst of all, home insurance premiums are soaring. The average annual…