Economics

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The Amazon Effect: A Rabid Sellers’ Market

@dnevozhai | Following the wave of IPOs hitting Silicon Valley, local real estate experts predicted that San Francisco would be overcome by a deluge of freshly minted homebuyers. One expert begs to differ.

COMMENTARY: San Francisco's IPO Surge

Many Millennials have had to substitute student loan debt for mortgage debt, delaying buying a home. A new study finds the current cost of starter homes in every state in the union.

Starter Home Prices in 50 States

@joshhemsley | Crumbling affordability continues to impact Americans' homeownership plans, as Q1 data show that fewer adults said they intend to buy over the next 12 months.

Downward Trend for Aspiring Buyers

@joshcase | Recent data from Case-Shiller show that the long-run return on homeownership is low, and while some say consumers would be better off investing in equities, one expert says that conclusion is "wrongheaded" in a variety of ways.

The Value of Homeownership

@marissa_price | A new study of U.S. cities where homeowners pay $1,000 per month or less on their mortgage shows that despite ongoing national affordability woes, some markets remain affordable.

RANKING: $1,000 Mortgage in 10 Markets

@katiebaumez | In 10 cities, salaries are growing faster than home prices, according to the latest analysis of the 100 largest U.S. metros' Census data.

Where Salaries Rise Higher Than Home Prices

@chuklanov | Utah home prices are continuing their upward trend and many buyers are now priced out of local for-sale homes. Builder Clark Ivory is "on the warpath" to add more affordable supply.

Utah Builder 'All-In' on Affordable Homes

@conklincreates | Income growth, slower home price appreciation, and falling mortgage rates all combined to ease housing affordability in the first quarter of 2019, running roughly even over the previous year.

Q1's Annual Affordability Change

@rpnickson | Many urbanists have argued that building more housing will help ease the nation's affordability crunch. A forthcoming paper argues that city economies, rather than housing supply, are at the heart of growing spatial inequality.

Zoning 'Cautionary Tale'

@taypaigey | In a study tackling affordability for the spectrum of middle class buyers, online loan marketplace LendingTree broke out the data by lower-, middle-, and upper-middle class subgroups.

The Skinny on Middle Class Homeownership

@joshhemsley | According to Freddie Mac's latest data, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.10 percent, down four basis points over the previous week.

Rates Drop Again This Week