Bryon the Real Estate Guy Blog

Do signs point to another housing boom? Perhaps — home sales are poised to zoom to the highest levels since 2006 next year, according to a 2016 housing forecast issued by Realtor.com®. Gains in new-home construction and existing home sales are both expected to push total home sales to the highest...

Realty Times - Good news on the credit front as homebuyers are hitting record-high scores."New mortgages for purchasing homes are churning out at a fast clip, with the borrowers getting those loans having some of the highest credit scores ever," said CNBC. But what if you don't have a killer scor...

If the fact that mortgage rates are still insanely low - dropping again last week - and new loans can make down payments as low as three percent for first-time homebuyers still aren't enough to get you into the real estate market, here's perhaps the most compelling reason of all to buy a house: r...

RealtorMag - Low mortgage rates, declining home prices, and homes that are lingering on the market longer are three main reasons why the next three months could be the best time to buy so far this year, says Jonathan Smoke, realtor.com®’s chief economist.“The spring and summer home-buying seasons...

Realtor Magazine - What are the main drivers in today’s home-buying decisions? Realtor.com® sought to find out in a recent survey of active house hunters taken this June and July through the BDX Home Shopper Insights Panel. According to the survey, here are the top reasons buyers identified as tr...

Denver Business Journal - Homes sales in Denver are on pace to set a 10-year high, according to a new report.California housing data company RealtyTrac said single family home and condo sales through August are on pace for a 10-year high in Denver, as well as 11 percent of the 204 markets analyze...

Denver Business Journal - In the past year, the median sale price for homes in the Denver area rose 14.2 percent, more than any other area in the country.That's according to the latest sales report from Re/Max, which said that in the 53 markets it tracks nationally, the median sale price increase...

Denver Business Journal - For the fifth month out of the last six, metro Denver in June saw the biggest home-resale price gains from a year earlier out of 20 major U.S. markets, according to the latest monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Index report, issued today.Prices for detached single-fami...

The rental squeeze is getting worse, according to a new report by Zillow, as people are paying the highest-ever percentage of their income on rent. Renters can expect to pay 30.2% of their income on rent, according to a Zillow analysis of rental and mortgage affordability in the second quarter re...

Denver Business Journal - Average rental rates for three-bedroom, single-family homes in the Denver metro market hit $1,863 per month in the second quarter, an increase of 14 percent over the same period last year.The report was compiled by Real Property Management Colorado, the Denver location o...