MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released an analysis showing that appraisal values are more likely to fall below the contracted sale price of a home in census tracts with a higher share of Black and Latino households, resulting in an appraisal gap.

Mortgage giant Freddie Mac examined 12 million home appraisals between 2015 and 2020 — and found significant racial differences.

Over the past year billionaire wealth has reached record highs. Now comes the real estate boom as they blow their newly-earned cash on $10 million-plus properties.

Earlier from the BEA: Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2021 (Advance Estimate) and Annual Update Real gross domestic product (GDP) ...

I hope you all are doing great this week! My family and I are in the midst of a first floor renovation, whilst caring for my wife as she continues to recover from her broken

An uptick in inventory, especially at the high end, is bringing a crazy seller’s market back to earth.

Note: I'm tracking data for many local markets around the U.S. I think it is especially important to watch inventory this year. From the C...

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Homes going $850,000 above asking, 96 offers in one weekend, and more tales from America’s most intense housing frenzy.

Tracking existing home inventory will be very important this year . Click on graph for larger image in graph gallery. This inventory gra...

Notes: This CoreLogic House Price Index report is for May . The recent Case-Shiller index release was for April. The CoreLogic HPI is a th...

Wall Street is an easy scapegoat. The real villain lives much closer to home.

The national median rent rose 5.5% annually to $1,527 per month in May, according to realtor.com

Real estate appraiser Tom Horn discusses 7 tips to help avoid appraisal problems in today's real estate market.

Flawed assessments for America’s $500 billion in annual property taxes hit Black neighborhoods hardest.

The Case-Shiller house price indexes for March were released today. Zillow forecasts Case-Shiller a month early, and I like to check the ...

One of the key questions for 2021 is: Will inventory increase as the pandemic subsides, or will inventory decrease further in 2021? Tracki...

S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for March ("March" is a 3 month average of January, February and March prices). ...

Art patron and museum founder Dasha Zhukova enters residential real estate with Ray, a new development firm with projects in three cities.

The median price of a newly built house was slightly lower in March than the median price of an existing home sold that month. That's not the full story.

The median price for a single-family home in the U.S. rose the most on record in the first quarter, as buyers fought over a dearth of inventory, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Key Takeaways HomeAdvisor’s new 2020 State of Home Spending report is now available Spending increased across the board for improvement, maintenance, and repair driven in part by rising labor and supply costs Millennials are highest average spenders on home improvement, spending nearly $10,000 on home improvement projects this year  How much more time did we...

Some first-time homeowners are shocked to learn that the cost of homeownership doesn't stop at the closing table. Here's how to plan for unexpected surprises.

I'm gathering existing home data for many local markets, and I'm watching inventory very closely this year. As I noted in Some thoughts on...

Single female homebuyers have historically been second only to married couples since 1981. They are a celebrated force in the home buying market, and are currently 17% of the buying market.

Housing production rebounded in March as buyer demand remains solid due to low mortgage interest rates. Overall housing starts increased 19.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.74 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. This was the fastest pace for combined single-family and multifamily construction since June 2006.

Note: Remember sales were weak in April 2020 due to the pandemic. I'm tracking data for many local markets around the U.S. I think it is es...