Category: Buying & Selling

A new study on behalf of construction industry research and analysis firm Construction Coverage  using data from Zillow, the U.S. Census Bureau, and Freddie Mac has identified the relative cost of buying vs. renting in nearly 850 U.S. citie…

According to the National Housing Conference (NHC), Fannie Mae will begin accepting cryptocurrency-backed assets as down payments under a new mortgage product, allowing borrowers to use crypto in place of cash for a Fannie Mae-backed mo…

The U.S. housing market remains a critical economic issue, with housing affordability and supply at the forefront of bipartisan policy agendas. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are increasingly focused on expanding access to afforda…

In another indication of the ongoing slow-motion softening of the NYC co-op market, high-end co-ops are increasingly considering—and in some cases have already enacted—loosening their restrictions on financing. Buildings that previously man…

Markets rise and fall, and rise again, and fall again—that’s the natural order of things in our economic system. But what about value ?  Are price and value the same thing? In a word, no. After all, there are lots of ways to define value…

According to the National Housing Conference (NHC), a recent blog post from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University indicates a growing number of metro areas where home prices are either declining or showing signs of …

The National Housing Conference (NHC)’s Paycheck to Paycheck database is a free tool illustrating "the ability – or lack thereof – of working families to purchase or rent a home in metropolitan areas across the country by comparing wage…

With mortgage rates still up about 80% since 2022, the typical U.S. homeowner pays nearly $700 more each month—and, in some markets, an additional $1,000 or more . The 2025 edition of Construction Coverage’s U.S. Cities Most Impacted b…

According to a recent press release,  Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ® ), showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.81%. “Mortgage rates moved lowe…

According to a recent item on Global News Wire, Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS) on May 15 showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.81%. "The 30-year fix…