Pending home sales posted their biggest increase since 2021 this week. But some house hunters are starting to pull back. Home sales are rising. Pending U.S. home sales rose 3.2% year over year during the four weeks ending October 13, the biggest increase in three years. On a local level, pending sales are up in […]
23% of buyers who are likely to purchase their first home in the next year said they are waiting until after the election. 26.1% said they are waiting to see if Harris’ housing affordability plan goes into effect; 15.9% are waiting to see if Trump’s housing affordability plan is enacted. Personal finances and timing are […]
32% of surveyed renters say housing affordability is a top-three issue when it comes to deciding which presidential candidate they’ll support. That compares with 17% of homeowners. The economy, inflation and health care are the most common top-three issues for survey respondents as a whole. 52% of surveyed homeowners say they’re better off financially than […]
For homeowners, keeping values high is typically a good thing because much of their wealth is tied to the equity they have in their home. Roughly two in five (41.6%) U.S. homeowners believe Donald Trump would be best for keeping home values high, while 35.3% believe Kamala Harris would be best. The survey data in […]
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 […]
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 […]