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CoreLogic’s Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) employs the housing industry’s most experienced and knowledgeable experts. Their podcasts and videos help make sense of the most important issues in the housing market based on industry-leading data. In this series of podcasts and videos, CoreLogic’s Molly Boesel and Selma Hepp offer their commentary on many aspects of the current national housing market, as well as projections about what’s in store for the future. Listen to and view previous insights from CoreLogic economists.
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August 17, 2022

New Homes Sales Continue Steady Drop in 2022

Nationally, new home sales have increased their downward slide and have been down over 13% for every month of 2022. Compared to May 2020, at the height of the shutdowns, the decline was only 10%.

August 3, 2022

Homeowner Equity Reached Record Level in Early 2022

At the end of the first quarter of 2022, the average borrower had $280,000 in home equity — this is a gain of $64,000 over the past year and $125,000 over the past five years. This has led to increased cash-out refinancing and remodeling activity.

July 6, 2022

2021: A Banner Year for the Luxury Home Market

Increases in global wealth has spurred demand for luxury homes in both traditional markets as well as those that have not previously been considered to be luxury markets.

June 22, 2022

Jump in Mortgage Rates and Home Prices Erode Buyer Affordability

Home buying has remained relatively affordable due to historically low mortgage interest rates, but increasing mortgage rates are cutting into buyer affordability.

March 30, 2022

U.S. Home Prices and Inflation

U.S. Home prices soared in 2021, pushed up by strong demand and a limited supply of homes for sale.

March 16, 2022

Potential Risks of Price Declines in the Real Estate Market

Although home price gains are expected to slow in 2022 and average a little less than 10% growth for the year, the recent rapid acceleration in prices has led to overvaluations in some markets, therefore pushing up the risk of price decline in the year ahead.

February 16, 2022

Home sales and buyer competition in 2021

2021 was a strong year for the U. S. housing market. Home price appreciation was in the double digits and sales volume was near pre-pandemic levels.

November 24, 2021

2021 is On Pace to be the First Multi-Trillion Dollar Real Estate M...

More money is being spent on real estate than ever before.

October 7, 2021

Metro-Level Rent Inflation

Soaring Rents in the Southwest Go Underrepresented in Inflation Last month we showed that U.S. inflation may be underestimated due to the use of a measure called owners’ equivalent rent, which makes up 30% of the core consumer price index. When the CoreLogic single-family rent index is used as an...

September 22, 2021

Business is Good, Not Great for House Flippers

2020 altered and realigned the real estate market in many ways, but aside from a brief blip, things have remained business as usual for house flippers.

August 30, 2021

Investor Activity in the Housing Market

Investor activity in real estate markets during the COVID-19 pandemic has mirrored the market as a whole.

August 25, 2021

Potential Hotspots for Distressed Sales

While many consumers are planning to buy homes, cars, and major appliances, there are still about 2 million homeowners behind on their mortgage payments and/or in forbearance programs.