Author: Christine Stricker
Top 10 U.S. Counties with Worst and Best Home Affordability
With 74 percent of U.S. housing markets unaffordable for average wage earners to buy a median-priced home, where are the areas that are still affordable? As cited in ATTOM Data Solutions’ just released Q3 2019 U.S. Home Affordability Report, the largest populated counties where a median-priced home in Q3 2019 was not affordable for average wage... Read More »
Top 10 Zips to Flip in Q2 2019
According to ATTOM Data Solutions’ newly released Home Flipping Report, there were 59,876 U.S. single family homes and condos flipped during the second quarter of 2019. That number is up 12.4 percent from Q1 2019, but down 5.2 percent from Q2 2018. If you are interested in learning more about how to obtain a detailed flipping analysis, click... Read More »
Top 10 U.S. Counties with Worst Foreclosure Rates in August 2019
ATTOM Data Solutions just released its August 2019 foreclosure data analysis revealing 53,007 U.S. properties receiving a foreclosure filing in August, is up 4 percent from July 2019 but down 24 percent from a year ago. The analysis noted that nationally, one in every 2,554 U.S. properties received a foreclosure filing during the month of August.... Read More »
Top 10 Census Tracts in Opportunity Zones with Median Home Prices Above $500K and Below $200K
A new report by ATTOM Data Solutions analyzes qualified Opportunity Zones established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs act of 2017. This analysis looks at nearly 3,100 zones with sufficient sales data, which includes areas with at least five home sales in Q2 2019 as well as an average of at least five sales per quarter since Q3 2018. The... Read More »
Top 10 Housing Markets With the Most Zombie Foreclosures in Q3 2019
According to ATTOM Data Solutions’ just released Q3 2019 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, there are more than 1.5 million (1,530,563) U.S. single-family homes and condos vacant, representing 1.6 percent of all homes. The report showed there are a total of 9,612 “zombie” homes or properties facing possible foreclosure which have been... Read More »
Top 10 U.S. Counties With Foreclosures on the Rise Midyear 2019
ATTOM Data Solutions’ just released Midyear 2019 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report shows that foreclosure activity in the first six months of 2019 is down 18 percent from a year ago and down 82 percent from a peak in the first six months of 2010. Counter to that trend, the report shows that 16 percent of the metro areas analyzed posted a... Read More »