Pending home sales ticked up as housing payments temporarily dipped down. U.S. pending home sales rose 1.3% from a week earlier to their highest level since the first half of May during the four weeks ending July 5. This data is seasonally adjusted. Homebuying demand picked up partly because of temporarily declining mortgage rates. The […]
The number of major metros where you can buy a luxury home for less than $1 million is down to five from eight last year. Detroit is the most affordable metro for luxury homes, with a median price of $719,252—47.7% less than the typical luxury home nationwide, $1,374,470. San Francisco is the most expensive, with […]
West Palm Beach, FL, where the typical luxury home costs 8.9 times more than the typical non luxury home, has the nation’s biggest luxury home price premium. Next comes Miami, with a median luxury-to-non luxury home price ratio of 8.8, and New York City, where the typical luxury home costs 5.5 times the typical non […]
The median U.S. housing payment posted its first year-over-year increase since October during the four weeks ending June 28 as home prices and mortgage rates rose. Pending home sales crept up 0.4% week over week. We’re taking a break from analysis this week, but please see the tables and charts below for this week’s housing-market […]
In recognition of National Homeownership Month in June, we surveyed American homeowners about how their homes and neighborhoods make them feel. Most homeowners have warm feelings about their home, with 74% saying their home is a reflection of who they are. The same share, 74%, agreed they would rather be home than anywhere else. Most […]
Luxury U.S. home prices are up 4.7% year over year, compared to a 1.5% increase in non luxury prices, as homebuying demand from affluent people continues to outpace demand from average Americans. High-end buyers are more active partly because they’re less sensitive to high mortgage rates and today’s economic uncertainty. Luxury prices are rising fastest […]