Home Sales & Prices
Seriously Underwater Properties Down 1.2 Million From a Year Ago in Q1 2017, Equity Rich Properties Increase 1.4 Million
Cleveland, Las Vegas, Akron Post Highest Share of Seriously Underwater Properties; San Jose, San Francisco, Honolulu Post Highest Share of Equity Rich Properties IRVINE, Calif. — May 4, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, today released its Q1 2017 U.S. Home Equity &... Read More »
Home Sellers Realized Average Price Gain of $44,000 in First Quarter of 2017, Highest Since Q3 2007
Average Homeownership Tenure Backs Off Record High in Q4 2016, Still Up From Year Ago; Distressed Sale Share Declines Annually for 23rd Consecutive Quarter Median Prices Above Pre-Recession Peaks in 54 Percent of Markets IRVINE, Calif. – April 27, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced... Read More »
The Densification of La La Land
For John Gomez the best predictor of an emerging Los Angeles housing bubble isn’t buried in esoteric economic numbers or arcane housing statistics; it’s what other real estate investors are willing to pay for bottom-of-the-barrel homes in his local market of Norwalk. “Yesterday I went on Auction.com. A trashed house in Norwalk,... Read More »
One in Four U.S. Housing Markets Less Affordable Than Historic Affordability Averages in First Quarter of 2017
U.S. Affordability Index Drops to a More Than 8-Year Low Despite Annual Wage Growth Outpacing Home Price Growth in 53 Percent of Local Markets IRVINE, Calif. – March 30, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest fused property database, today released its Q1 2017 U.S. Home Affordability Index, which shows... Read More »
Are We Headed for Another Bursting Housing Bubble in 2017?
Housing prices may be appreciating at a seemingly unsustainable rate once again in some markets around the country, but Christopher Thornberg believes the nation’s economic fundamentals will continue to be much more sound in 2017 than when the market began to implode back in 2005. “There’s no housing bubble. Not even... Read More »