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October 11, 2024
Most homeowners and renters want to live in a place where abortion is legal, with some survey respondents indicating they’re moving to a different area to live somewhere abortion is legal and accessible. Broken down by age, millennials are most likely to want to live somewhere abortion is legal, with nearly 60% indicating they prefer […]
October 10, 2024
Home sales are rising in most major U.S. metros as housing payments sit near their lowest level since January, but they’re falling in coastal Florida as hurricanes hit the southeastern U.S. Mortgage rates rebounded over the weekend; that could soon begin to impact homebuyer demand. Pending U.S. home sales rose 2% from a year earlier […]
October 3, 2024
Pending home sales are flat from a year ago, marking the first time since January they haven’t declined; on a local level, sales are increasing in most major metros. Other demand indicators, like home tours and mortgage-rate locks, are also improving as mortgage rates drop to their lowest level in two years. Pending U.S. home […]
October 2, 2024
Roughly half of surveyed renters think Kamala Harris would be the best choice to make housing more affordable, while about one-third think Donald Trump would be best. Renters skew Democratic because many of them are young and live in cities. The president can’t solve the housing affordability crisis on their own; it will take a […]
October 1, 2024
54% of U.S. apartments that were completed in the first quarter rented within three months, up from 47% a quarter earlier. Newly-built studio apartments rented out faster than other bedroom types. One-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments rented out slower as completions climbed by more than 20%. More than half (54%) of newly constructed apartments completed in […]
