Market Watch

The newly released “Digital Resource Guide to Real Estate Marketing Strategies” produced by OnCourse Learning Real Estate provides tactics and strategies agents can use to engage with current, past and new clients. Read on to learn more.

Freedom Mortgage Corp. has agreed to buy approximately $500 million of selected residential mortgage assets from New York Community Bank’s mortgage banking operation. Read on for more details.  

The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence declined in the second quarter of 2017 with the Measure now reading at 61 points, down from 68 points in the first quarter. Read on to learn more from this report. 

Freddie Mac’s monthly Outlook for July said residential construction is falling behind the housing demand. Read on for more details from this report. 

Veros Real Estate Solutions reported that residential market values will continue their overall upward trend during the next 12 months. Read on to learn more marketing numbers from this report. 

The National Association of Mortgage Professionals announced the results of its monthly member survey pertaining to challenges for homebuyers and results were determined regarding appraisal turn times. Read on to learn more from this report.

For the first time in seven months, the gap between the opinion of value between homeowners and appraisers has gotten closer, according to a Quicken Loans report. Read on to learn more. 

The names Stuart and Alison are among the top names of homeowners with the most valuable homes in the country, according to an analysis by Zillow. Read on to learn more and find out where your name may appear.  

Summit Valuations released its July Residential Real Estate Market Overview based on the most current industry information available. This month’s report includes an analysis of housing price recovery by Summit Chief Valuation Officer Mark Melikian. Read on to learn more.

As the traditional home buying season kicked off, sellers held the upper-hand as low housing inventory drove competition among homebuyers, including millennials, according to the Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker. Read on to learn more from this report.