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he Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index remained effectively unchanged in August, with 82% still saying it’s a bad time to buy.

This week on The Home Builder Digital Marketing Podcast, Karyn Bonder of Livabl joins Greg Bray and Kevin Weitzel to discuss the advantages of listing new construction homes on the Livabl platform.

Livabl’s parent company, Zonda, has acquired UTour — an on-demand, interactive self-tour experience serving the new residential construction market.

The inventory crunch in the housing market is putting upward pressure on prices, though Realtor.com does not project prices will reach the same peak levels as June 2022.

A greater share of remote and hybrid workers reports a willingness to live farther from the workplace, and, for potential homeowners, greater workplace flexibility increases odds of finding a home within budget.

The seasonally adjusted estimate of new-home inventory for sale remained above 400,000 for the 17th consecutive month.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) surpassed 7% for the week ending Aug. 17, reaching its highest level in over 20 years, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey from Freddie Mac. The 30-year FRM averaged 7.09%, up from 6.96% the prior week and from 5.13% during the same week a year ago.

Single‐family housing starts increased in July, with a posted rate of 983,000. This figure is 6.7% above the revised June figure of 921,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

If you want to go big, look to the South. That’s what the data says, according to StorageCafe.

New-home sales remained strong through June despite the persistence of high mortgage rates in the economy, according to Zonda’s New Home Market Update report.

Higher interest rates, inflation, and increasing insurance costs impact all sectors of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, real estate market, but local experts are still quite optimistic….

Picking the right city to live in as newlyweds factors heavily into the long-term success of a marriage, according to a new study.

The current state of housing affordability has reached a level where two out of five Americans believe that winning the lottery is their only viable path to homeownership, reports a recent survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Divvy Homes of 2,000 current non-homeowners.

According to the latest RE/MAX national housing report, home sales increased by 20 percent month-over-month in May. New listings also saw an 8.7 percent uptick. 

Thanks to exclusive data from Zonda Home, Livabl is sharing the top housing markets for 2023. This list covers the 50 hottest markets from coast to coast, as well as the 2022 market share for the top 10 builders in each area.

Domestic migration continues to follow pandemic trends, according to Bank of America Institute’s new analysis.