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New Index Reveals Impact of COVID-19 on Real Estate

By |2020-06-25T03:00:17-07:00June 25th, 2020|Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Real Estate|

Earlier this month, realtor.com announced the release of their initial Housing Recovery Index, a weekly guide showing how the pandemic has impacted the residential real estate market. The index leverages a weighted average of four key components of the housing industry, tracking each of the following: Housing Demand – Growth in online search activity Home [...]

What Are the Experts Saying About Future Home Prices?

By |2020-06-23T03:00:26-07:00June 23rd, 2020|Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Pricing, Real Estate|

A worldwide pandemic and an economic recession have had a tremendous effect on the nation. The uncertainty brought about by both has made predicting consumer behavior nearly impossible. For that reason, forecasting home prices has become extremely difficult. Normally, there’s a simple formula to determine the future price of any item: calculate the supply of [...]

Want to Make a Move? Homeowner Equity is Growing Year-Over-Year

By |2020-06-18T03:00:37-07:00June 18th, 2020|Categories: For Sellers, Move-Up Buyers, Real Estate|

One of the bright spots of the 2020 real estate market is the growth in equity homeowners are experiencing across the country. According to the recently released Homeowner Equity Insights Report from CoreLogic, in nearly every state there was a year-over-year first-quarter equity increase, averaging out to a 6.5% overall gain. The report notes: “CoreLogic [...]

Is the Economic Recovery Already Underway?

By |2020-06-17T03:00:06-07:00June 17th, 2020|Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Real Estate|

The Wall Street Journal just released their latest monthly Survey of Economists. In an article on the findings, they reported: “The U.S. economy will be in recovery by the third quarter of this year, economists said in a survey that also concluded the labor market will fare better than previously expected following the effects of [...]

Are You Ready for the Summer Housing Market?

By |2020-06-11T03:00:05-07:00June 11th, 2020|Categories: For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Move-Up Buyers, Real Estate|

As the health crisis started making its way throughout our country earlier this spring, sellers have been cautious about putting their homes on the market. This hesitation stemmed primarily from fear of the spread of the coronavirus, and understandably so. This abundant caution has greatly impacted the number of homes for sale and slowed the [...]

Is a Recession Here? Yes. Does that Mean a Housing Crash? No.

By |2020-06-10T03:00:33-07:00June 10th, 2020|Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Real Estate|

On Monday, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the U.S. economy is officially in a recession. This did not come as a surprise to many, as the Bureau defines a recession this way: “A recession is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, normally visible in production, employment, and [...]

The Shocking News in the Unemployment Report

By |2020-06-08T03:00:11-07:00June 8th, 2020|Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Real Estate|

Last Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released their May Employment Situation Summary. Leading up to the release, most experts predicted the unemployment rate would jump up to approximately 20% from the 14.7% rate announced last month. The experts were shocked. The Wall Street Journal put it this way: “The May U.S. jobless rate [...]

Three Things to Understand About Unemployment Statistics

By |2020-06-04T03:00:09-07:00June 4th, 2020|Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Real Estate|

Tomorrow morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the latest Employment Situation Summary, which will include the most current unemployment rate. It will be a horrific number. Many analysts believe unemployment could be greater than 20%. These numbers represent families across the nation that are not sure when (or if) they will return to [...]