Tagged: Affordability

Truework finds 85% consider refinancing important to their financial health, revealing a highly motivated but financially vulnerable future borrower pool

Redfin’s index rose 3% annually in June, with luxury demand and limited move-in-ready inventory supporting prices despite elevated mortgage rates

Contract signings fell 5.4% from May as elevated borrowing costs and record home prices continued to pressure affordability, particularly for first-time buyers

Slower appreciation and more realistic seller pricing could improve purchase opportunities even as mortgage rates remain elevated

Newrez loan data shows first-time buyers still accounted for nearly half of 2025 purchase originations as home prices and borrower incomes climbed

Just 37.6% of nonhomeowner households can afford a typical starter home, according to a recent study by LendingTree

Nearly one in five house hunters searched outside their home metro in the first quarter, with Florida and other Sun Belt markets drawing buyers seeking lower housing costs

New Redfin/Ipsos survey finds broad agreement across party lines on first-time buyer tax breaks and other affordability measures

Survey finds fewer buyers are waiting for lower mortgage rates and home prices, while growing confidence in homeownership points to changing buyer attitudes

Monthly mortgage payments have become the new yardstick for sticker shock