Real Estate Trends
Top 10 U.S. Housing Markets Most Affordable for Renting in 2022
According to ATTOM’s just released 2022 Rental Affordability Report, home ownership remains more affordable than renting, even though median home prices have increased more than average rents and more than averages wages in 88 percent of U.S. counties analyzed. ATTOM’s 2022 rental affordability report shows that owning a median-priced home is... Read More »
Home Ownership More Affordable Than Renting in Majority of U.S. Housing Markets
Home Prices Growing Faster Than Rents in Nearly 90 Percent of nation; But Prices Still More Affordable in Almost 60 Percent of U.S. Markets; Renting Remains More Financially Viable in Most-Populous Urban Areas IRVINE, Calif. – Jan. 6, 2022 — ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its 2022 Rental Affordability... Read More »
Top 10 U.S. Counties More Affordable Than Their Historic Averages
ATTOM’s just released Q4 2021 U.S. Home Affordability Report shows the latest pattern in home affordability – home prices still manageable, but getting less affordable – has resulted in major ownership costs on the typical home consuming 25.2 percent of the average national wage of $65,546. According to ATTOM’s latest home affordability analysis,... Read More »
Homeownership In U.S. Again Less Affordable In Fourth Quarter As Prices Keep Soaring
Typical Home Remains Within Means of Average Wage Earner in Fourth Quarter of 2021; But Historic Affordability Down in Three-Quarters of U.S. Markets; National Median Home Price Hits $317,500, Another New High IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 30, 2021 — ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its fourth-quarter 2021 U.S.... Read More »
Top 10 U.S. Counties Where Home Flipping Isn’t Flopping
According to ATTOM’s just released Q3 2021 U.S. Home Flipping Report, single-family homes and condos flipped in the U.S. in the third quarter represented 5.7 percent of all home sales, or one in 18 transactions – up for the second quarter in a row after a year of declines. ATTOM’s latest home flipping analysis notes the latest home flipping rate... Read More »
Home Flipping Profit Margins Drop Again Across U.S. in Third Quarter of 2021 Even as Flipping Activity Keeps Rising
Nationwide Home-Flipping Rate Rises for Second Straight Quarter; Raw Profits on Home Flips Also Increase to Near-Record Levels in Third Quarter; But Typical Profit Margins on Flips Decline Again, to Lowest Point in More Than 10 Years IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 16, 2021 — ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its... Read More »