Home Prices, Values Up; Inventories Down; Credit Scores Improve

Zillow, Seattle, said despite slowing home price growth, home buyers are still feeling the pinch because of low housing inventories and rising rents. In a separate report, Redfin, Seattle, said home price value continued to accelerate, reaching their highest levels since July 2018.

Housing Market Update

Reports from ATTOM Data Solutions, Redfin, Zillow, RE/MAX and Ellie Mae.

Analysis: More Gen Zers Than Millennials Will Own Homes

Even as Millennials age into their prime home-buying years, they’re still not keeping up with past generations, said Zillow Inc., Seattle. Furthermore, the analysis said, Gen Z could end up overwhelming Millennials in homeownership competition.

Zillow: Shrinking Homes, More Stable 2020 Housing Market

After “extraordinary” home value growth characterized by a strong housing market in 2017 and 2018, Zillow, Seattle, said 2020 should shake down more like 2019–with the market stabilizing near historic norms.

Housing Market: ‘Silver Tsunami,’ or More Bidding Wars?

Seattle-based housing giants Zillow and Redfin take different approaches to market’s future, with Zillow predicting a “silver tsunami” as Baby Boomers get set to leave their homes, while Redfin sees constricted inventories presaging a return to bidding wars in many key markets.

Zillow: Housing Inventory Falls to New Lows

Zillow Inc., Seattle, said any gains from a modest buildup of inventory earlier this year were more than erased during the 2019 home shopping season.

What $1 Million Gets in Today’s Housing Market

Location, location, location: take a $75,000 bungalow in Garfield Heights, Ohio and plop it down on a 1/3-acre lot in McLean, Va., and it suddenly becomes an $800,000 object of a bidding war.