Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 8.8 percent in March, a reflection of the beginning of a busy homebuyer season. New-home sales rose 8.3 percent year over year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading
Seventy percent of Florida homeowners — or the area in which they live — have been impacted by changes to cost or coverage of home insurance in the last year, according to a report issued Wednesday by Redfin. Continue reading
There are now 550 “million-dollar” cities in the U.S. compared to 491 last year. California is home to nearly half of them, according to a new Zillow analysis. Continue reading
Thirty-six percent of Gen Zers and millennials who plan to buy a home in the near future intend to use a cash gift from family to contribute to a down payment, according to data from Redfin released Wednesday. Continue reading
Repeat-sales models have been the gold standard in home-price tracking for decades. Intel examines what they miss, and what some data providers are doing to fill in the gaps. Continue reading
Data provider Attom tracks the 50 U.S. communities most at risk of further housing decline. Half of them are located in one of three places. Continue reading
Despite ongoing commission lawsuits, agents are more concerned about the health of the real estate pie than the size of their own slice, results of the latest Inman Intel Index survey show. Continue reading
The steepest part of the home-transaction downturn appears to be over. Is this where business turns around? Intel dives into the data. Continue reading
Intel is highlighting the most important data releases and events slated for each month of 2024 in an effort to help industry observers follow the arc of residential real estate’s rebound this year. Continue reading
Plunk President and co-founder David Bluhm said a number of issues led to the decision, which included the release of three employees to date and the possibility of more. Continue reading