CAR Market Matters

Talking Points Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 5.9 percent in May compared with a year ago, according to the latest price index from CoreLogic. Prices increased at a 1.3 percent pace in May from April. Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist for...

Understanding the Market

2016 Renters Survey Current renters value homeownership and want to buy a home but many are encountering affordability and financial obstacles that prevent them from buying. Nearly half of renters (48 percent) plan to buy a home in the future, with 10 percent saying...

CAR Market Matters

Talking Points After the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union, mortgage rates plummeted to just above 2012’s all-time lows. According to Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sean Becketti, “This week’s survey rate is the lowest since May 2013 and only 17 basis...