Zillow changes tune on 2023 home values and sales. Here’s why

Zillow now expects home value growth to reach 14.9% through March 2023, down from its previous estimate of 16.5% growth. What’s with the downgrade? Continue reading

California’s wildfires caught our attention. Colorado’s should keep it

As of 2019, more than 600,000 homes across parts of the Western United States were at high to extreme risk of damage or destruction by wildfire. That’s just one reason to rally this Earth Day. Continue reading

Should home floor plans be copyrighted intellectual property?

In a brief filed last week, the National Association of Realtors suggested an ongoing lawsuit waged by Designworks Homes could lead to lawsuits “against homeowners who make or display floor plans of their own homes.” Continue reading

Bright MLS outages spark ire among members of 2nd largest MLS

CoreLogic’s Matrix has been down off and on for nearly a week for Bright’s 100,000-plus subscribers in the Mid-Atlantic region, subscribers and executives of the MLS confirmed. Continue reading

January home prices see 4th-largest year-over-year gain in 35 years

The 19.2 percent year-over-year jump was the fourth-largest increase recorded in the 35-year history of the Corelogic Case-Shiller Index. Continue reading

Near-record home price growth persists, but slowdown underway

Home prices were 19.1 percent higher in October than the same time last year — a near-historic rate, but slightly lower than recent months, according to new S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index. Continue reading

US home price growth turbo charges to historic 45-year record

The upward spiral continued as home prices surged a record 18 percent year over year in October to the highest growth rate in the 45-year history of CoreLogic’s Home Price Index. Continue reading

Opendoor to make iBuyer offers on listings in real-time at realtor.com

Users of realtor.com will now be able to see a preliminary offer from Opendoor in real-time via the search portal’s My Home dashboard, it was announced Wednesday. Continue reading