Month: May 2024

The US housing market continues to evolve, with a growing presence of institutional investors in the single-family rental space. As foreclosure rates have declined, these large-scale investors have adopted new strategies to acquire properties. This trend is particularly noticeable in the Sunbelt region, where cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Charlotte, and Houston are experiencing a significant rise in investor-owned rentals. Is this good or bad for renters & homebuyers? Let’s find out. Big Investors Set Their Sights on Sunbelt Rentals According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), institutional investors are…

 Rockford, Ill. Mayor Tom McNamara says the community invested in ‘hard work’ on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ With a lot of hard work and a little TLC, this quintessential American town has turned its real estate story around. Now, the mayor is opening up on how Rockford, Illinois, is currently the No. 1 housing market. “This really took a team effort,” Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara said in an exclusive, first on FOX Business interview during “The Claman Countdown” Wednesday. “So we pulled together experts throughout our city, and we listened to…

Ripple Effect,” the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, explores what inspires experts’ studies and how their findings resonate with the world today. The past month’s episodes highlight research into the housing market and trends in real estate, exploring how inflation, hybrid work, and generational differences impact the housing and real estate market. In “The U.S. Housing Market Has Homeowners Stuck,” Wharton’s Lu Liu discusses what policy changes may be needed to break mortgage lock-in, which is restricting real estate inventory in the U.S. housing market, and how much inflation affects…

Investing in real estate can be an exciting but daunting prospect.  That’s why i24NEWS is teaming up with leading developers and experts to break down everything you need to know about finding and buying your dream home in Israel. From the technical and legal challenges that may come up, to knowing which areas are the most lucrative for investment, i24NEWS brings you the answers. Yoni Barel’s top tips for foreign buyers Yoni Barel is the vice president of marketing and sales at Azorim, one of the largest development and construction…

Real Estate 3 signs the housing market’s affordability recession is finally ending Filip De Mott 2024-05-30T14:28:38Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon The letter F. Facebook Email icon An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Email Twitter icon A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting. Twitter LinkedIn icon LinkedIn Link icon An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Article Icon…

If there was one word to succinctly describe the world of housing at the moment, what would it be—unaffordable, maybe? That’s what it seems to be for Redfin senior economist Chen Zhao, who earlier this week said: “Unaffordability is really the story in the housing market right now.” In an interview with CNBC, Zhao touched on recently released data, which found that home prices rose 6.5% in March compared to a year earlier; and Redfin’s own data, which found they rose 7.3% in April from the prior year.  “It doesn’t…