by Jeff Sorg | Aug 3, 2017 | Mortgage, Real Estate
Portland and Seattle have declared states of emergency in response to the number of people experiencing homelessness By Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd Blog (PORTLAND, Aug. 3, 2017/Zillow®/) Rising rents urban areas are creating crisis levels of homelessness that will continue or...
by Jeff Sorg | Feb 28, 2017 | Contractor, Mortgage, Real Estate
Pending home sales fell 2.8% in January in the National Association of Realtors® Pending Home Sales Index OnlineEd Blog WASHINGTON D.C. (February 27, 2017) — Insufficient supply levels led to a lull in contract activity in the Midwest and West, which dragged down...
by Jeff Sorg | Nov 9, 2016 | Mortgage, Real Estate
Consumers Say Now is a Good Time to Buy or Sell a Home (November 9, 2016) – WASHINGTON, DC – The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) dipped 1.1 points to 81.7 in October, the third decrease in as many months. Four of the six components that comprise...
by Jeff Sorg | Oct 18, 2016 | Mortgage, Real Estate
Millennials driving the housing market By Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd Blog (October 18, 2016) – Half of today’s U.S. home buyers are under 36 and reflect an increasingly racially diverse middle-class according to the first annual Zillow Group Report on Consumer...
by Jeff Sorg | Jul 27, 2016 | Mortgage, Real Estate
“It’s too difficult for people like me to buy a home” By Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd Blog (July 27, 2016) – According to a recent report by Schoen Consulting, voters believe that the housing status quo is not working, especially for people of color,...