Home-Selling: It’s in the Metrics

Can algorithms determine the perfect time to list a home in today’s market? And in today’s market, does it even matter? Zillow, Seattle, thinks so.

Housing Market Roundup: Apr. 5, 2022

Here’s a summary of recent housing market and economic reports that came across the MBA NewsLink desk:

Million-Dollar Cities Club Gets 146 New Members

Zillow, Seattle, reported a record 146 U.S. metros became new “million-dollar cities” in 2021, making 481 cities in which the typical home value is at least $1 million.

Zillow: Newly Unemployed Service Workers Owe $1.7 Billion/Month in Housing Payments

Zillow, Seattle, said its analysis found more than $1.7 billion in rent and mortgage payments is owed each month by U.S. service-sector workers currently receiving unemployment benefits as a result of the coronavirus pandemic — payments that could be in jeopardy if expanded local and federal unemployment assistance fades or workers remain without incomes longer than expected.

Encouraging Signs for Black, Latinx Homeownership Rates

After hitting historic lows during the Great Recession, African American homeownership in the U.S. has rebounded promisingly, said Zillow, Seattle, marking what it suggested was “perhaps the start of a recovery.”