Affordability & Inventory 2018

Affordability and inventory remain the two major factors holding back real estate sales. On a month-to-month basis, total existing home sales climbed just 1.1% in March from February, but they still are lagging behind 2017 figures by 1.2%. Median existing home prices...

The Best Real Estate Websites in 2018 Part 1

There are thousands of real estate websites out there, each clamoring for your attention and promising to provide some sort of guidance in the search for the perfect home. The National Association of Realtors indicates that nearly all home buyers begin their search...

Where Rents Cost the Most

The most expensive cities to rent a one-bedroom apartment were not big surprises: San Francisco, California came in number one, with the highest average one-bedroom rent of $3,440 per month. The city with the second most expensive average rent for a 1one-bedroom was...

8 States Are Losing People

A recently published report by Pew Research, based upon the data and analysis of population shifts throughout the 50 states received by the U.S. Census Bureau, has shown some interesting changes. Specifically, 16% of the states in the union lost population between...