New-construction homebuilders are using incentives to garner an outsized share of the current housing market and capitalize on buyer demand. Windermere Chief Economist Matthew Gardner…
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Goldman Sachs economist Michael Murdoch criticized the Federal Reserve’s rate strategy at Ben Kinney Companies’ BuiltHOW conference on Tuesday and shared how upcoming policies could…
With natural growth slowing, writes economist Matthew Gardner, states will recognize the importance of attracting new residents from other markets as domestic migration will become…
For now, a seasonal surge in home activity has arrested falling prices in most U.S. markets, according to Q1 metro home price data released Tuesday…
At a time when all eyes are seemingly on the fall of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, RealPage Chief Economist Jay Parsons is watching…
The long-awaited recovery in home inventory is in full swing. It’s not being driven by a rise in new listings but by the ongoing slowdown…
Although economists expected rates to rise this year, nobody anticipated how fast they would rise. So what went wrong? Matthew Gardener, chief economist for Windermere Real…
The monthly payment on a typical home is 50 percent pricier than it would have been a year ago, yet competition remains fierce. Source: Inman…
Zillow Senior Economist Jeff Tucker is skeptical that a housing bubble is looming, but he worries such talk could hurt future buyers in need of…
After hovering near 3 percent for nearly two years, mortgage rates have rebounded faster than expected. But amid uncertainty, economists are divided on whether 5…