HousingWireHousingWire Deciding whether to rent or buy a home depends on several factors — including finances, long-term goals and local market conditions. While homeownership can be a long-term investment, renting remains the cheaper option in each of the country’s 100 largest metro areas, according to a LendingTree analysis of U.S….
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire In the wake of severe cuts to staff and its field office footprint, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must reverse layoffs and planned closures of offices across New York state to avoid imperiling housing for 800,000 residents. This is according to a letter from members…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Single-family renter households have grown by 31% over the past two decades, outpacing the 21% increase in owner-occupied households. Alongside that growth, several metropolitan areas stand out as the best locations for single-family renters. These findings come from a recent analysis by real estate listing website Point2Homes. The study…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The conversation started like any typical interaction with a homeowner looking to sell their property. We discussed the current market conditions and revisited the property’s previous listing history — including that the last agent had failed to sell it, eventually pulling it off the market 60 days later. The…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Spring officially arrives next week and the 2025 housing market could heat up too, if the recent declines in mortgage rates are any indication. Data at HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center on Tuesday shows that 30-year conforming rates are averaging 6.79%, down 10 basis points (bps) from a week ago….
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