The Jumbo vs. Conforming Credit Spread
December 10, 2012

With mortgage rates reaching another historic low, we were curious to see what the spread between the jumbo and the conforming...

Mortgage rates: How low can they go?
October 1, 2012

After the Federal Reserve announced QE3 – the third round of quantitative easing – two weeks ago, rates have continued...

September 2012 Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey Results
September 21, 2012

The September 2012 edition of the Zillow Home Price Expectation Survey shows that professional forecasters expect home prices...

U.S. Home Values Fall Slightly in August After Nine Consecutive Months of Increases
September 18, 2012

Zillow’s August Real Estate Market Reports, released today, show that home values decreased 0.1 percent to $152,100 from...

U.S. Home Values Climb for Eighth Consecutive Month; Over 60% of Metros Show Increasing Values
August 20, 2012

Zillow’s July Real Estate Market Reports, released today, show that home values increased 0.5 percent to $151,600 from...

Understanding the Zillow Buyer-Seller Index
July 10, 2012

For potential home buyers and sellers, the nature of the nascent housing recovery can have important consequences on the decision...

Home Values Continue to Rise; May Marks Third Consecutive Month of Increases
June 19, 2012

Zillow’s May Real Estate Market Reports, released today, show that home values increased 0.5 percent to $148,100 from April...

The Connection Between Negative Equity, Inventory Shortage and Increasing Home Values: Why the Bottom Won’t Be as Boring as We Expected
June 19, 2012

Our operating thesis about what the bottom in the housing market would look like is changing now that we’re having a good...

Rentals Continue to Outshine Purchase Market, Home Values Still Plagued By Foreclosures
April 9, 2012

The February Real Estate Market Reports show that national home values decreased 0.5% to $145,400 from January to February....

How To Define the Bottom
March 30, 2012

The bottom is right under our noses but we just can’t touch it yet – every quarter it moves a little farther into the future...