Overall consumer confidence fell to 101.3 from March’s 104.0, dragged down by a drop in future expectations. The measure of current attitudes rose 2.2 points.
HUD will propose clearer rules shortly. Once finalized, they’ll help the RE industry comply with the Fair Housing Act and be the standard for gov’t-assisted housing.
According to Apartment List’s latest report, the age group finally has a majority (51.5%) owning homes, though Gen X had a 58% rate when at the same age.
As more consumers rely on online reviews, positive user-generated content – comments, thank-you notes, testimonials – acts like a strong referral mechanism.
FHFA is raising some loan-level pricing for homebuyers whose lender plans to sell the loan to Fannie or Freddie. The change mainly impacts stronger-credit buyers.
In Tampa, for example, March inflation was 7.7%. But after backing rental costs out of the local calculation, inflation was a somewhat-reasonable 3.8%.
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It depends who you ask – and estimates vary widely. Five reliable sources, including realtor.com, say the housing shortfall ranges from 1.7M to 7.3M homes.
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Florida Realtors: Single-family sales fell 15% year-to-year, median price up 2.1% to $405K, inventory at a 2.7-months’ supply. 1Q 2023 housing data saw similar trend.
