Home Value Forecast

Lately there has been much news regarding the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) and other private REO-to-Rental programs.

The nationwide number of homes currently listed for sale is down approximately 21 percent from a year ago.

Everyone wants to know what their home or investment is worth and where the market is heading.

One of the most powerful and, yet, simplest leading indicator of the future direction of home price is sales activity.

Recently, Home Value Forecast has been sifting through housing data to rank housing market trends at the macro and micro level.

In this month’s Home Value Forecast “Lessons from the Data,” we discuss results from an enhanced scoring system we have created to define and rank the market conditions of individual real estat

One of the key questions about the current housing crisis is how the inventory of distressed real estate is affecting the path to recovery and the “new normal” for the housing market.

It has become apparent to many observers that home prices in much of the country have bottomed out. In fact, most markets hit their low in early 2009.

Why do homeownership rates matter? Because they reflect what is happening in two markets simultaneously.
If homeownership rates are declining, the multifamily rental market is improving.