Real Estate Trends
Solid Neighborhoods with Stellar Real Estate Returns
Buying an investment property in a good neighborhood doesn’t have to mean sacrificing high investment returns — if you know where to look and are willing to look outside your backyard. Among more than 1,000 U.S. zip codes with an A rating in the first-ever ATTOM Data Solutions Neighborhood Housing Index, the median home sales price in... Read More »
The Rise of the Real Estate Data Bots
Ten years ago in June something new and different entered the American marketplace. The iPhone was a hit from day one, the first “smartphone” and a hint of things to come. It was not just a communication tool, said Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, “but a way of life.” In a similar sense we’re just at the start of the... Read More »
Q2 2017 U.S. Median Home Price at Least Affordable Level Since Q3 2008
Median Home Prices Rose Faster Than Wages in 87 Percent of Local Markets; 45 Percent of Markets Less Affordable Than Their Historic Norms, an Eight-Year High IRVINE, Calif. – June 29, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, today released its Q2 2017 U.S. Home Affordability... Read More »
Buying a Foreclosure
Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication, it is not intended to provide legal advice. Individual situations will differ and should be discussed with a licensed attorney. For specific legal advice on the information provided and related topics, please contact the author. Foreclosures provide an... Read More »
Surviving as a First-Time Buyer in America’s Least Affordable City
A new joint analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions and Down Payment Resource found that first-time homebuyers in Denver — the least affordable market in Q1 2017 according to the ATTOM Affordability Index — can increase their down payment on a median-priced home by $13,900 (129 percent above just the minimum 3 percent down) and save nearly... Read More »
The Home Flipping Pyramid
While some may think home flipping is the domain of high-powered, highly capitalized institutional investors, the data suggests otherwise. More than two-thirds (69 percent) of all single family homes and condos flipped in the first quarter of 2017 were by investors of the mom-and-pop variety who just completed one flip during the quarter,... Read More »