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Leveraging Smart Home Equity – Options for More Profitable Lending 

Rather than refinancing out of low mortgage rates, many homeowners are turning to home equity loans or lines of credit…

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Houston Housing Market Heat Map

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Houston Affordability and Changing Markets

Houston made our list of top ten metros this month, and for good reason.

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Los Angeles median single family home price and bubble signal indicator chart showing price trends.

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No, there is no housing bubble, even in the nation’s hottest markets

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said recently that the U.S.

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2013 Year in Review

All of us at Home Value Forecast would like to wish you the very best during the holiday…

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Bar chart showing October's top 10 CSAs ranked by home value forecast.

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The Timeline of a Turnaround

In the U.S.

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Line and bar chart showing Palmdale, CA single-family home values and sales from 2012 to 2021.

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The Effect of Higher Loan-to-Value Ratios on Market Volatility

One theme that we have discussed in the past year in helping understand the home price “bubble” of…

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US average home prices versus mortgage rates 1990-2010

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Why have home prices in some markets been less responsive to low mortgage rates than would be expected?

James R. Follain, Ph.D., Norman Miller, Ph.D., and Michael Sklarz, Ph.D.

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Toms River, NJ Homogeneous Submarket

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The Argument for Risk-Based Appraisals

In today’s mortgage market, appraisals are used to determine a specific price point and market condition of a…

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Negative Equity: Stage One of Distressed Real Estate Inventory

One of the most challenging issues in today’s housing market is how to develop public policies and business…

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