Buying a house in 2021 is hard. Is building more homes the answer? We spoke with leading real estate industry economists and observers about why it is so difficult to buy a house this year, and whether rising mortgage interest rates or building more homes will solve the new housing shortage. This week, the National [...]
Is tech to blame for the West Coast housing crisis? The cost of living near tech hubs is so high some workers live in a Winnebago right on the company lot. What happens when people can’t afford to live near where they work? Americans in 19 out of 20 cities consider their cost of living [...]
If you don’t have a mortgage today, it’s unlikely you’ll get one in the future. More than 70 percent of those without mortgages aren’t likely to get one in the future, and the 2008 housing crisis greatly influenced their aversion to homeownership. So, what’s causing the reticence? Retirement is the most common reason Americans say [...]
Which housing market is the biggest real estate bubble? Depends on how you measure, and we won’t really know for sure until it pops. But according to the new UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index, Hong Kong faces the greatest risk of a housing bubble. Housing prices in the Hong Kong real estate market have [...]
How many more homes will be sold in 2018? The exact number is up for debate, but housing industry and residential real estate experts say that 2018 home sales will be less than the number of homes sold in 2017. Sales of existing U.S. homes have peaked for the year, according to a team of [...]
Last week, a federal jury in Texas imposed a nearly $93 million penalty against Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corp. and Allied Home Mortgage Corp. (now known as AllQuest Home Mortgage Corp.) and CEO Jim Hodge for issuing thousands of bad loans and leaving the Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on the hook for [...]
