Home affordability down 5% in 1Q – 10-15% by year end

GREENSBORO, N.C. – April 17, 2018 – U.S. housing became less affordable in the first quarter and the cost of carrying a mortgage could increase by the end of year – making 2018 affordability more challenging than it’s been in decades, according to the Spring 2018 edition of The Housing and Mortgage Market Review (HaMMR). …continue

Want to flip a home? Do it in Fla.

LAKELAND, Fla. – May 6, 2016 – While Memphis, Tenn., had the highest share of flipped properties (number of flipped home sales as a percentage of all home sales) in first quarter 2016 followed by Fresno, Calif., Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla., came in third, according to CoreLogic data on the 86 largest U.S. metro areas.
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Fla.’s single-family home sales up

ORLANDO, Fla. – Oct. 22, 2015 – Florida’s housing sector continued its momentum with more sales, rising median prices and a tight inventory of homes for sale in September, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®. Closed sales of existing single-family homes statewide totaled 23,574 last month, up 13.4 percent over September 2014.

“Florida’s housing sector continues to show strength …continue