Category: homebuyer demand

Here’s how strategic homesellers can find success in a shifting market if they start planning early

By The Citizen on September 15, 2025

The market may be changing, but strategic sellers can still come out ahead — if they plan early. From repairs to staging, here’s what to…

Here are the markets where homebuyers have the upper hand

By The Citizen on September 9, 2025

Realtor.com’s August market report revealed the emergence of a balanced market, with pockets of dominance for buyers in the Southeast and West. However, economic headwinds…

Mortgage rates hit 4-month low and have more room to drop

By The Citizen on August 13, 2025

Homeowners rushed to refinance last week, and lender data shows homebuyer demand for purchase loans is up 17 percent from a year ago with Federal…

It’s a higher-for-longer world, and we’re just living in it: Economist

By The Citizen on July 25, 2025

Windermere Economist Jeff Tucker looks at recent economic indicators to determine if or when interest rates might finally come down. Source: Inman News

Waning buyer activity pushes home price growth to 2-year low

By The Citizen on July 22, 2025

Sixty percent of the nation’s largest markets saw home prices slip from May to June, with the largest drop happening in Washington, D.C., due to…

Single-family permits and starts reach 11-month low in June

By The Citizen on July 18, 2025

Negative homebuyer and homebuilder sentiment matched with growing economic uncertainty to stifle new construction in June, with single-family permits, starts and completions taking the biggest…

Amid a fairly flat market, May held some nice surprises: Economist

By The Citizen on June 26, 2025

Windermere Economist Jeff Tucker looks at recent economic indicators, including some surprising upside despite a disappointing spring market. Source: Inman News

Some markets look vulnerable as home price appreciation cools

By The Citizen on June 13, 2025

Experts polled by Fannie Mae expect national home prices to keep climbing, but see Austin, Tampa, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami and Phoenix as markets most…

Rising inventories have more homebuyers going to their lender

By The Citizen on June 11, 2025

Purchase loan applications soared 10 percent last week to the highest level since April, even though rates have been stuck in the high sixes, the…

Can tariff walkbacks keep the economy humming? Economist

By The Citizen on May 22, 2025

Windermere Economist Jeff Tucker looks at how tariff walkbacks may signal that some of the Trump administration’s potentially damaging policy changes could be reversed. Source:…

Posts published in “homebuyer demand”