Seller’s market? Buyer’s market? The pendulum is swinging

Homes are still selling, but the ongoing market shift is giving homebuyers more and more leverage everyday, agents and economists told Inman this week. Continue reading

‘Storm of rising costs’ is giving some persistent homebuyers an edge

Despite its balancing out, the market remains far from homebuyer-friendly with buyers paying 75 percent more on the typical mortgage payments than in 2019, according to Zillow. Continue reading

The shift has begun — but rate hikes won’t be housing’s Achilles’ heel

Experts expect home sales and price growth to slow down, but they don’t think rising rates will knock everyone out of the market. Continue reading

First rule of housing bubbles? Don’t talk about them, economist warns

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

End in sight for inventory crisis? Yes, but experts can’t agree on when

While 38 percent of experts polled by Zillow believe 2024 will be the year inventory returns to 2019 levels, 36 percent pegged 2023 as the year. The remainder believe we’ll have to wait until 2025. Continue reading

As Omicron COVID variant spreads, real estate agents grin and bear it

Disease experts are racing to address the Omicron variant, but in the real estate industry, few expect the new threat to be a game changer. Continue reading

Summer market will be hot, but not scorching, economists say at Inman Connect

Daryl Fairweather of Redfin and Jeff Tucker of Zillow said the market would still continue to be strong through the end of 2021. Continue reading

WATCH: ‘I don’t think it’s going to swing entirely in the other direction’

At Connect Now on May 18, Clelia Peters is hosting the first of a three-part series on disruptions in finance and will dive in with leaders in transaction facilitation. Check out a sneak peek of the discussion. Continue reading

The Inman Handbook on today’s intense inventory crisis

There aren’t enough homes for everyone who wants them. That’s driving up prices and stretching agents thin. Continue reading