National home prices were up 14.8 percent from a year ago, “wiping out any affordability boost” from rising household income and low mortgage rates, said First American Chief Economist Mark Fleming. Continue reading
Housing starts plummeted in February as interest rates and lumber costs soared. Continue reading
Sam Khater, chief economist at Freddie Mac, believes we’re starting to see American metros becoming more like European cities, where low- and middle-income individuals live in the suburbs, rather than dense urban cores. Continue reading
More than 15 million Americans have filed for unemployment insurance since states began issuing stay-at-home orders. Continue reading
The move furthers First American’s goal of providing a digital, end-to-end closing platform. Continue reading
Compass and WeWork both took massive amounts of cash from SoftBank, but experts say the two companies are actually quite different. Continue reading
Paul Hurst, the vice president of venture investments at First American, advises that companies are more likely to get consumers to use affiliated services if they use W2 agents. Continue reading
Compass and WeWork both took massive amounts of cash from Softbank, but experts say the two companies are actually quite different. Continue reading
Real estate experts see massive amounts of change — some exciting and some challenging — coming to the industry in the decades ahead. Continue reading
2020’s housing market will be strikingly similar to 2019 as low mortgage rates bolster buyer demand amidst a persistent inventory shortage. Continue reading