Apr 4th 2013 12:00PM
The American dream of homeownership for many could be turning into the American dream of renting. Despite a battered housing market that is bouncing back nicely, coupled with historically low interest rates and affordable home prices, a large swath of Americans are beginning to look at renting as an equal or better... Continue Reading »
Apr 4th 2013 12:00PM
With home prices soaring and all the news that the housing market is on a definitive recovery track, it begs the question: Is it still cheaper to buy? Home values nosedived around the country after the housing crash, and it became so much more economically efficient to buy at the lows than rent. And even though home... Continue Reading »
Jan 18th 2012 3:52PM
With home prices still sliding in the wake of the housing bust and credit as tight as ever, rental prices continued to increase at a fast pace this year. Rental prices in the top 20 most-populated metro areas climbed 3.75 percent in 2011, while home prices dropped by 1.83 percent, according to a report by HotPads.com, a... Continue Reading »
Oct 18th 2011 1:15PM
Despite the most affordable buying market in decades, households across the country are slowly choosing rentals versus homeownership, signaling a positive economic trajectory for the multifamily sector, according to Freddie Mac's October 2011 economic outlook report, released Monday. In the year ending June 2011, the... Continue Reading »
Jul 7th 2011 12:10PM
The average consumer expects home prices to decline by at least 0.5 percent in the next 12 months, according to a new monthly consumer survey from Fannie Mae. That forecast reverses the trend from May, when most consumers interviewed by the government-sponsored enterprise said that they expected at least a slight home... Continue Reading »
