Real Estate Trends
Mortgage Lending Slows Amid Retreat In Refinancing Activity Across U.S. In Second Quarter
Overall Loan Activity Shows Rare Second-Quarter Decline; Refinance Lending Drops 15 percent Quarterly – Largest Decline in Three Years; Home-Purchase and Home-Equity Mortgages Increase IRVINE, Calif. – Aug. 19, 2021 — ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its second-quarter 2021 U.S. Residential Property... Read More »
Top 10 Opportunity Zones in High-Growth States with Largest 5-Year Increases in Median Home Price
According to ATTOM’s new Q2 2021 Opportunity Zones Report, median single-family home prices increased from Q2 2020 to Q2 2021 in 75 percent of Opportunity Zones and rose by at least 15 percent in about half of them. The report noted that price patterns in Opportunity Zones continued to roughly track trends in other areas of the U.S., even... Read More »
Opportunity Zone Redevelopment Areas Still Reaping Benefits of National Home-Price Boom in Second Quarter 2021
Median Values Again Rise Annually By At Least 15 Percent in Half of Zones; Opportunity Zone Price Spikes Remain on Par with Those Outside of Zones IRVINE, Calif. – Aug. 12, 2021 — ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its second-quarter 2021 Opportunity Zones report analyzing qualified low-income zones... Read More »
July 2021 U.S. Foreclosure Activity Declines Slightly As Government Moratorium Comes To An End
Foreclosure Starts Decrease 4 Percent from Last Month; While Completed Foreclosures Increase 5 Percent from Last Month IRVINE, Calif. — August 10, 2021 — ATTOM, licensor of the nation’s most comprehensive foreclosure data and parent company to RealtyTrac (www.realtytrac.com), the largest online marketplace for foreclosure and distressed... Read More »
Top 10 U.S. Zip Codes with Highest Shares of Equity-Rich Properties
ATTOM’s just released Q2 2021 U.S. Home Equity and Underwater Report reveals that 34.4 percent of mortgaged residential properties in the U.S. – one in three – were considered equity-rich in Q2 2021. That figure was up from 31.2 percent in Q1 2021 and from 27.5 percent in Q2 2020. Also, according to ATTOM’s latest home equity and underwater... Read More »
Homeowner Equity Surges Across U.S. During Second Quarter In Yet Another Sign Of A Healthy Housing Market
Eight Times More Properties are Equity-Rich Across U.S. Than Seriously Underwater; Portion of U.S. Homes Considered Equity-Rich Up to 34 Percent; Seriously Underwater Properties Down to 4 percent IRVINE, Calif. — Aug. 5, 2021 — ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its second-quarter 2021 U.S. Home Equity &... Read More »