With all the talk lately about whether the housing market is improving or not comes a new study from BMO Harris Bank reporting that over 50% of Americans say they will buy a home within the next 5 years (More Buyers). I wonder if this study includes illegal aliens, or should I say undocumented visitors. I digress… This comes as…
Like my high school prom date, I keep getting mixed signals. Is the economy improving or is it not? Will the Fed raise rates this summer or will they hold them at current levels? According to two Fed Chairmen, it still looks as though rates may go a little higher sometime this summer (Rate Hike). Only the Fed knows for…
If you want to capture the Millennial homebuyers, you may need to provide some upfront education. Studies have found that many of this generation, although being tech savvy, know little about the home buying and financing process (Millennial Knowledge). Millennials are now moving into the home buying stage and will be shopping for their homes and related financing. Most will…
As is usually the case, there are two sides to a story (sometimes three). Yesterday, we heard about a potential increase in home buyers resulting from renters jumping into the market. Today, we get the other side of the story. Builder confidence is at its lowest levels in quite some time as low rates and an improving economy are not…
Here’s some good news for a change. According to Zillow, in 2015 we should see a wave of new homebuyers coming from the ranks of current renters (Renters). As more and more people are renting, for one reason or another, two things have happened. There are fewer affordable rental units and the rents for those units is rising; the rule…
