Author: Christine Stricker
Opportunity Zones Seeing the Greatest Growth
According to ATTOM Data Solutions’ Q4 2019 Opportunity Zones Report released this week, analyzing qualified Opportunity Zones established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs act of 2017, about half the zones included in the analysis, saw median home prices rise more than the national increase of 9.4 percent from Q4 2018 to Q4 2019. The report... Read More »
Top ZIPS with Highest Shares of Equity Rich and Seriously Underwater Properties in Q4 2019
ATTOM’s 2019 Year-End U.S. Home Equity and Underwater Report released this week stated that one in four or nearly 27 percent of the 54.5 million mortgaged homes in the U.S. were considered equity-rich in Q4 2019, meaning that the combined estimated amount of loans secured by those properties was 50 percent or less of their estimated market value.... Read More »
Top 10 U.S. Markets With Longest Average Home Seller Tenure in Q4 2019
The biggest takeaway from ATTOM Data Solutions’ 2019 Year-End U.S. Home Sales Report was home seller profits nationwide hit a new high in 2019. That home price gain figure based on median purchase and resale prices was $65,500, up from $58,100 last year and up from $50,027 two years ago. Among the other high-level findings included in ATTOM’s... Read More »
Top 20 U.S. Metros Home Seller Gains in 2019
ATTOM Data Solutions’ newly released 2019 Year-End U.S. Home Sales Report reveals that home sellers nationwide in 2019 realized a home price gain of $65,500 on the typical sale, up from $58,100 last year and up from $50,027 two years ago. The latest profit figure, based on median purchase and resale prices, marked the highest level in the United... Read More »
Top 10 U.S. Counties with Foreclosure Start Increases in 2019
According to ATTOM Data Solutions’ just released 2019 Year-End U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, foreclosure filings were reported on 493,066 U.S. properties in 2019, down 83 percent from a peak of nearly 2.9 million in 2010 to the lowest level since tracking began in 2005. ATTOM’s annual year-end foreclosure report provides a unique count of... Read More »
Top 10 Most & Least Affordable Rental Markets in 2020
ATTOM Data Solutions’ 2020 Rental Affordability Report just released reveals the split between different-sized markets, with home ownership more affordable mainly in lightly populated counties and renting more affordable in more populous suburban or urban areas. According to the analysis, owning a median-priced, three-bedroom home is more... Read More »