In November 2017 the Houston Astros won their first World Series championship since the team was founded in 1962. It couldn’t have come at a better time for the city — and its residents — raising the collective spirit that was dampened just three months earlier when the flood waters from Hurricane Harvey left more than 137,000 single family homes... Read More »
A paucity of affordable housing that threatens to inflame a burgeoning homelessness crisis and trigger an exodus of well-paying jobs is forcing local governments to consider creative solutions to this intractable problem. One such solution is to streamline the development of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in the hopes that real estate developers... Read More »
Average Property Tax Was $3,399, Up 3 Percent and Effective Tax Rate of 1.17 Percent; Highest Effective Tax Rates in New Jersey, Illinois, Vermont, Texas, New Hampshire; Average Property Taxes Nearly Twice as High in Politically Blue Counties as in Red Counties IRVINE, Calif. – April 5, 2018 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier... Read More »
By John Burns, CEO of John Burns Real Estate Consulting Busy real estate executives need people to get to the conclusions, so here you go. We spent more than 9,000 hours researching demographic shifts, and believe the greatest demographic opportunities over the next 10 years will be: Real Estate Demographic Shifts 1. 38 percent more people over... Read More »
73 Percent of Markets Less Affordable Than a Year Ago; Eight of 10 Highest-Priced Counties Post Negative Net Migration in 2017 IRVINE, Calif. – March 29, 2018 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its Q1 2018 U.S. Home Affordability Report, which shows that median home prices in Q1 2018 were not... Read More »
Highest Potential SFR Returns in Baltimore, Macon, Montgomery, Detroit, Atlanta; Report Also Identifies Best SFR Growth Markets and Best Low Risk-High Return SFR Markets IRVINE, Calif. – March 22, 2018 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today released its Q1 2018 Single Family Rental Market report, which... Read More »
This presentation, given by ATTOM Data Solutions senior vice president Daren Blomquist at the Moriah Society in Beverly Hills, California, on Feb. 27, 2018, covers expectations for the 2018 U.S. real estate market based on interviews with eight leading economists as well as proprietary data analysis performed by ATTOM. The topics covered in the... Read More »