Author: ATTOM Team
U.S. Home Flipping Returns Drop to Seven-Year Low in 2018
Top Major Market Flipping Rates in Memphis, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tampa, Birmingham; Almost $20 Billion In Financed Flips in 2018, Up 8 Percent From 2017 to 11-Year High IRVINE, Calif. – February, 28 2019 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its Q4 and Year-End 2018 U.S. Home Flipping Report,... Read More »
Underwriting, Assessing Risk, Big Data
Catastrophes have rewritten the rules of the insurance game. Before Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, insurers essentially guessed at what the financial damages would be if a disaster struck. Turns out, they drastically underestimated what the losses might be. And they suffered the consequences. Smart underwriters don’t guess. They use the kinds... Read More »
How Technology is Disrupting the Real Estate Industry
Not so long ago, real estate transactions were simple and straightforward. A seller listed a home through an agent and a buyer showed interest. The buyer’s agent drew on his or her knowledge of the market to negotiate a final selling price and then the buyer closed on his or her new house. Now, as it has in so many industries, information... Read More »
Equity Rich U.S. Properties Increase to New High in 2018
Equity Rich Properties Represent 25.6 Percent of U.S. Properties; Share of Seriously Underwater Properties Drops to 8.8 Percent; Report Includes Home Equity Breakdown by Zip Code IRVINE, Calif. — Feb. 7, 2019 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its Year-End 2018 U.S. Home Equity &... Read More »
How Agents Use ATTOM’s Lead Generation Tool to Find New Homebuyers
Use ATTOM’s Lead Generation Tool to Find New Homebuyers Every year, about 5.5 million people in the U.S. buy a home. Almost 2 million of them are doing it for the first time. The question for real estate agents, then, is not whether people are looking to buy, it’s how to find the ones who want to buy where you are, and how to nurture those... Read More »
Average U.S. Home Seller Profits at 12-Year High of $61,000 in 2018
Median Home Sale Prices Hit an All-Time High at $248,000 in 2018; Homeowners Staying Put Longer as Average Homeownership Tenure Rises to New High IRVINE, Calif. – Jan. 31, 2019 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its Year-End 2018 U.S. Home Sales Report, which shows that home sellers in 2018... Read More »