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Not a one-off: Home prices dropped further — and faster — in August

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A reversal in home price growth in July deepened into August as prices declined by 0.9 percent, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller report. They remained up 13 percent from last year. Continue reading →

Always a bridesmaid, rarely a bride, first-time buyers make big return

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First-time homebuyers now make up 45 percent of all transactions, up from 37 percent of all buyers in 2021, returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from Zillow released Thursday. Continue reading →

For the first time, Fannie Mae now expects home prices to fall next year

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Economists at Fannie Mae project national home prices to decline by 1.5 percent and home sales by 21 percent in 2023 as Fed continues inflation fight. Continue reading →

More homebuyers think prices will go down in the next year than up

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Survey shows homebuyer sentiment falling for the seventh month in a row as high home prices and mortgage rates weigh on affordability, according to Fannie Mae’s latest National Housing Survey. Continue reading →

What do fast-cooling markets have in common? These 5 offer a hint

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In some of the nation’s most quickly slowing housing markets, the number of new listings is twice the number of recent sales, according to an analysis by SmartAsset. Continue reading →

Not just a coastal thing: 7 inland cities most altered by remote work

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Some cities have seen work-from-home policies persist well beyond the pandemic’s first year. See the places most transformed by remote work, according to the Economic Innovation Group. Continue reading →

Home affordability stabilizes, but remains tough nearly everywhere

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It’s still expensive to buy a home in nearly every part of the country. But for most buyers since the start of July, things didn’t get worse, new data shows. Continue reading →

US housing markets considered ‘overvalued’ quadrupled in 2022

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Median home sale prices exceed the house-buying power of would-be buyers in 19 of 50 markets, according to data released Tuesday by First American Financial Corp. Continue reading →