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Buying a Home More Affordable Than Renting in 54 Percent of U.S. Markets
But 64 Percent of Population Live in Markets More Affordable to Rent Than Buy; Least Affordable Rental Markets Led by Counties in Northern California, DC, Brooklyn; Most Affordable Rental Markets in Alabama, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee IRVINE, Calif. – Jan. 11, 2018 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property... Read More »
Hottest Homebuyer Names of 2017
ATTOM Data Solutions analyzed more than 4 million sales of single family homes in 2017, broken down by the first name of the buyer, shedding some light on which generation is becoming more active buying homes — primarily millennials — and which generations are becoming less active — Gen-Xers, along with the pre-baby boomer Silent Generation and... Read More »
Which Local Housing Markets Would Be Most Impacted by the GOP Tax Plan?
This post was updated Dec. 18, 2017, to reflect final updates to the bill, most notably the change in the cap for the mortgage interest rate deduction from $500,000 to $750,000. The Republican tax proposal unveiled last week includes two changes to the income tax structure that could potentially have significant impacts on homeowners, and by... Read More »
Median Down Payment for U.S. Homes Purchased in Q3 2017 Increases to a New High of $20,000
Average Down Payment of $76,645 Also at New High Median Down Payment 7.6 Percent of Median Home Price, a 4-Year High; Purchase Loans Up 7 Percent, HELOCs Up 12 Percent, Refis Down 19 Percent from Year Ago IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 14, 2017 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, today released its Q3... Read More »
7 Habits of Highly Effective Home Flippers
Home flippers are getting squeezed by an increasingly competitive housing market where it’s harder to stick to the tried-and-true mantra for real estate investors: buy low and sell high. While it’s easy to sell the homes they are flipping, at often at a premium above asking price, the problem is finding properties to buy at a deep... Read More »