Lower mortgage rates have helped bolster home price appreciation nationwide, but some high-priced coastal markets continue to see price declines, and the rate of appreciation is still slowing in the majority of local markets.
Research & Analysis / January 2020
While foreclosure starts in 2019 are on pace to decline 9 percent from the previous year, the total number of completed foreclosures is on pace to decline 20 percent.
Research & Analysis / December 2019
Predictive foreclosure auction inflow data from Auction.com points to a third wave of post-recession distress building for early 2020, driven primarily by government-insured and private portfolio loans.
Research & Analysis / December 2019
Surprising markets where late-cycle housing distress is starting to emerge based on public record and proprietary Auction.com data.
Research & Analysis / December 2019
Foreclosure auction buyers are helping to fuel a massive renovate-to-rent market that dwarfs the build-to-rent market. And renovate-to-rent investors are buying at a higher price-to-reserve ratio than even fix-and-flip investors.
Research & Analysis / December 2019
Share of REO auctions with competing bidders rises to highest level in last seven quarters. Just 11 percent of MLS properties attracted a bidding war in September.
Research & Analysis / November 2019
About 24 percent of Auction.com investors say their local market is overvalued, according to the new Auction.com buyer report. Find out what else is happening with investors in the market.
Research & Analysis / October 2019
A new study of distressed property dispositions between 2003 and 2017 by Fannie Mae and academic researchers finds loss severity on nonperforming loans is lower when properties are disposed of early, before a lender takes ownership.
Research & Analysis / October 2019
A limited supply of affordable homes is the bee in the bonnet of an otherwise strong U.S. housing market recovery of the last seven years.
Research & Analysis / September 2019
User activity on the Auction.com’s mobile app for the “Super Tuesday” foreclosure auctions held each month has proven to be highly predictive of overall U.S. home sales data released the following month. August saw the biggest spike in mobile app activity since February.
Research & Analysis / August 2019
