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The Relationship Between Mortgage Rates and Home Prices
We've got a treat for you today - a spiffy graph we created with Google Drive (née Documents). Thanks to comments from fellow Burbed commenter SEA on this article, we decided to take another look at...
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Inflation Adjusted Real Estate Return Calculator
In this article, we present a Real Estate Return Calculator, for quickly estimating the return on a house in many areas in the United States. We guess the median values and actual returns for any of...
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For Your Money, What House Should You Target in Silicon Valley?
Editor: This article was first written in 2013. The dollar amounts have changed but the relative location discussion holds. When our friend SSS from Save. Spend. Splurge. asked us if we were interested...
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The 30 Year Mortgage, Mortgage Insurance, and Housing Accessibility
Previously, we talked about the historical homeownership rate in the United States, with data back to the 1890s. Today, we'll discuss the 30 year mortgage's history and other innovations leading to...
View ArticleCan You Afford a House in These American Cities? A Fun Calculator!
So, you've heard a lot about the booming real estate markets in many American cities. However, have you ever calculated if you can afford a house in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,...
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2022 Fundrise Review: Passive Income through Real Estate Crowdfunding
Fundrise offers a low-cost way for you – or anyone – to achieve diversification in real estate in an easy, decently priced, and intuitive way Opening a Fundrise account means low-minimums,...
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Mortgage Debt: Home Debt Stats by Income Bracket, Age, and Percentile
In 2019, the average American household held $75,968.96 in mortgage debt, home equity loans, and HELOCs with balances secured by their primary residence. The median household held $0 – although the...
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How Do Home Buyers Pay for Homes in the United States?
With the price of homes in the United States at new peaks, you're probably wondering how people are paying for these purchases. Luckily, thanks to the FHFA and CFPB's National Survey of Mortgage...
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Historical Home Affordability in the United States
On this page is a home price affordability history tool for the United States. It contains data from 1971 on, and automatically updates monthly to show home price affordability for the median...
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Historical Homeownership Rate in the United States, 1890-Present
On this page, you'll find the historical homeownership rate for the United States. It contains data from 1890 until the present, with decade resolution in the beginning up to quarterly resolution at...
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