Frenzied U.S. Residential Market May Be Passed Its Peak
Price growth and days-on-market are still up year over year, but are down from highs in April and May
https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/frenzied-u-s-residential-market-may-be-passed-its-peak-01624562878
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Tax Benefits of Real Estate Investing: Make Your Money Work for You
I can share with you is that real estate investing offers tax advantages that few other enterprises do. We are uniquely fortunate to be able to use depreciation to our advantage, to defer large tax liabilities by reinvesting and to deduct all kinds of expenses to minimize our tax liability.
https://www.jetsetmag.com/real-estate/tax-benefits-of-real-estate-investing-make-your-money-work-for-you/
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Housing Affordability Plunges on Soaring Material Costs, Rising Home Prices
Soaring building material costs, high demand and low inventory have added tens of thousands of dollars to the price of a new home and caused housing affordability to fall to its lowest level in nearly a decade during the second quarter of 2021.
https://eyeonhousing.org/2021/08/housing-affordability-plunges-on-soaring-material-costs-rising-home-prices/
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Housing boom helps underwater homeowners
The pandemic housing boom has pulled more than 1 million U.S. homeowners out of a debt trap that many had been stuck in since the great financial crisis more than a decade earlier.
https://www.bendbulletin.com/business/housing-boom-helps-underwater-homeowners/article_2ad10681-14c8-5972-b34b-fa4794b666dc.html
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Nearly One In Three Seattle Homes Sells For Over $1M: Report
While Seattle has the priciest homes in Puget Sound, Tacoma and Burien also have a large share of million dollar homes. Portland at #14 on the large city list.
https://www.seattlepi.com/realestate/article/more-Seattle-homes-for-sale-over-one-million-16350620.php
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As housing costs boom, how home-buyers in one city search for affordability
As the U.S. grapples with the coronavirus, housing costs are skyrocketing. According to the latest S&P Core Logic Case-Shiller index, home prices were up almost 17 percent over the last year
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-housing-costs-boom-how-home-buyers-in-one-city-search-for-affordability
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Seattle’s housing market is cooling — but that doesn’t mean it’s affordable.
See what’s happening near you
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/seattles-housing-market-is-cooling-but-that-doesnt-mean-its-affordable-see-whats-happening-near-you/
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Is Pierce County’s housing market still red hot? Here are the sales numbers for July
Some interesting shifts happened in the Pierce County housing market in July, but it’s too soon to tell whether they will continue.
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article253291548.html
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New apartment rental system aimed at Seattle's tech workers breaks all the rules
The tech industry is upending another staple of city life: leasing an apartment
https://www.seattlepi.com/realestate/article/short-term-apartment-leases-seattle-tech-workers-16341534.php
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Weekly Housing Market Monitor
NAR Research compiles the latest housing market data in this weekly monitor, based on what REALTORS® are seeing in their market, mortgage data, jobless claims, foot traffic, and the latest home sales numbers.
https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/research-reports/weekly-housing-market-monitor
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Market Hotness Index
Metro Hotness - Zip Code and County Hotness
https://www.realtor.com/research/reports/hottest-markets/
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HOUSING STATISTICS
Housing Statistics offers 43 different sets of data, downloadable either as Excel or PDF files (updated weekly). Housing data and primary indicators of the industry are housed in one easy-to navigate location containing historical and current sets of statistics such as: Housing Starts (by Region & Structure Type), Homes Sold by Region, Producer Price Indexes (for Building Materials), Manufactured Homes, New Home Characteristics, Residential Vacancy & Absorption Rates, Units Under Construction, Value of New Construction, and many more.
http://www.nahbclassic.org/reference_list.aspx?sectionID=819&channelID=311
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Economic Indicators
U.S. Census Bureau Economic Indicators
https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/
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Local Market Reports
All real estate is local and every market is unique. To help REALTORS® and other housing market analysts get the most out of the plethora of data that is available, NAR Research produces a series of Local Market Reports (LMRs) which provide insights into the fundamentals and direction of the nation's largest metropolitan housing markets. Each report evaluates a number of factors affecting home prices, including:
https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/research-reports/local-market-reports
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CoreLogic Home Price Insights
The most geographically comprehensive and current home price index.
http://www.corelogic.com/about-us/researchtrends/corelogic-home-price-insights.aspx?WT.mc_id=crlg_151103_aHqc0&elq=d6379903117d41bcbe7b9f6a82f2189a&elqCampaignId=2692&elqaid=7659&elqat=1&elqTrackId=097f671c98fc48249757d8ddbd229326#.Vj1WlvnnuUl
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
U.S. Economy at a Glance
http://www.bea.gov/index.htm
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Mortgage Market Survey Archive
Compilation of Weekly Survey Data for 2015
http://www.freddiemac.com/pmms/archive.html
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Housing Economics
NAHB produces in-depth economic analyses of the home building industry based on private and government data. Our economics group surveys builders, home buyers, and renters to gain insight into the issues and trends driving the industry.
https://www.nahb.org/en/research/housing-economics.aspx