Affordability
Shared Equity: Starter Homes for the Next Generation
It might seem like a strange idea but buried in an old piece of legislation designed to help coal miners is a magical key which can potentially open the ownership door for millions of new homebuyers. The idea is called “shared equity” and there’s reason to think that its time has come. More than 16 percent of all single family purchases in the... Read More »
Watch: Harvey’s Impact on the Houston Housing Market
ATTOM Data Solutions’ Daren Blomquist discusses with CNBC how Hurricane Harvey is expected to cause a dip in home sales in the Houston, as well as potentially weigh on home prices with an increase in distressed sales. Read More »
2017 Neighborhood Housing Index Heat Map
More than 5,000 neighborhoods nationwide are rated based on seven factors impacting quality of life and local housing market strength — school, crime, affordability, home price appreciation, property taxes, environmental hazards and unemployment — in this new 2017 Neighborhood Housing Market Index created by ATTOM Data Solutions.... Read More »Making America Unaffordable Again
Since bottoming out in the first quarter of 2012, U.S. median home prices have risen 69 percent while average weekly wages have risen just 9 percent during the same time period, pushing more and more local housing markets into a home affordability crunch — and not just those expensive politically “blue” markets on the coasts. In... Read More »