In studying the appraisal gap, we see several interesting correlations between home price appreciation, buyers paying more than listing price and buyers paying more than the appraised value.
Maiclaire Bolton Smith sits down with construction expert Glenn Bearden to discuss what’s really causing the spike in construction material prices—from the pandemic, to labor problems, all the way to the core of human behavior.
As home prices soar in 2021, many comparisons are being made between the current housing environment and the one in 2006. However, despite recent double-digit home price appreciation, the mortgage payment to purchase a home is substantially more affordable than it was 15 years ago.
In 2020, in the span of six weeks, Hurricanes Laura and Delta made landfall 12 miles apart, together taking nearly 100 lives and decimating southwest Louisiana. A look back at the effects of these two hurricanes on the Lake Charles metro shows the potential effects on properties.
National home prices increased 15.4% year over year in May 2021, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index Report. This was the highest year-over-year gain since November 2005.
Through May 2021 with Forecasts from May 2022 Introduction The CoreLogic Home Price Insights report features an interactive view of our Home Price Index product