The co-founder of Countrywide Financial cast himself as the leader of the revolution to expand access to mortgage lending but became the public face of the subprime mortgage collapse. Continue reading
Data from analytics firm CoreLogic shows 67.9 percent of U.S. regional housing markets were overvalued as of the latest available data from March, meaning incomes in those markets can no longer support home prices. Continue reading
Google Trends experienced a spike in searches for the term “housing bubble” earlier this spring, and it hasn’t fully returned to normal levels, hinting that the topic is at least on a lot of minds. Continue reading
Zillow Senior Economist Jeff Tucker is skeptical that a housing bubble is looming, but he worries such talk could hurt future buyers in need of homebuilders to continue producing new inventory. Continue reading
For months, the rise in home prices was in line with underlying indicators. Now, it may have gone too far, a Dallas Fed report suggests. Continue reading
The Coldwell Banker CEO told the Inman Connect crowd that external lead sources like Zillow change, but organic lead growth puts agents in control. Continue reading
Annual home price growth reached an all-time high of 18 percent in May, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s latest home price index report. Continue reading
Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner dives deeper into the timeline of events that led to the 2007 crash, comparing then and now. Here’s why he speculates there’s no real reason to expect a widespread, systematic decline in home prices in the for… Continue reading
A new survey of 42 economists showed that home prices, housing starts, apartment vacancies and other factors should remain healthy for the next several years. Continue reading
For those who believe an impending doom is on the horizon, here is some bad news: It’s not going to happen. In this second of two opposing opinion pieces on the housing crash, Matthew Gardner shares why we won’t see any mythical bubble bursting. Continue reading