The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that rising mortgage rates and persistent affordability challenges kept many potential homebuyers on the sidelines in October 2024.
According to the latest Commercial Delinquency Report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), U.S. commercial mortgage delinquencies rose in the second quarter of 2024.
Based on ATTOM's newly released third-quarter 2024 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, almost 1.4 million (1,357,423) residential properties in the United States are vacant. That figure represents 1.3 percent, or one in 76 homes, across the nation - roughly the same as in the second quarter of this year.
According to recent data from the National Association of Realtors, existing-home sales saw an improvement in July 2024, halting a four-month streak of declines.