Buyer competition remains strong, and low inventory is pushing home prices to new highs—so sellers are likely to keep their market advantage next year, according to realtor.com®’s 2021 housing forecast. Read More
The homeownership rate for millennials is 8 percentage points lower than for Gen Xers and baby boomers when they were millennials’ ages, according to the Urban Institute’s “Millennial Homeownership” report. Younger... Read More
No doubt, 2020 has been a uniquely challenging year. With unemployment still above pre-pandemic levels, the country coming to terms with longstanding racial inequities, Americans worrying about natural disasters and coming... Read More
Napa Valley CanDo’s Napa Valley Give!Guide 2020 is debuting its online giving campaign, to run Dec. 1-31. This year for the first time, the Give!Guide will be completely online. Donors will now be... Read More
Due to rising home prices, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced Tuesday that it would raise loan limits for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In most of the country, the 2021 maximum... Read More
Companies wanting to revitalize Lake Berryessa resorts with marinas, lodges, restaurants, glamping, a special event center, bird watching and other possible recreation draws, this is your chance. Napa County is ... Read More
As the pandemic continues, more home buyers are looking for properties that can house their older family members. The goal for these buyers is to keep their aging family members out of senior living—particularly group... Read More
For the fifth consecutive month, existing-home sales continued to be resilient in the face of the pandemic, climbing nearly 27% compared to a year ago, the National Association of REALTORS® reported Thursday. Also reported this... Read More
For the 12th time this year, mortgage rates have hit a record low. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to an average of 2.78%, the lowest ever recorded in Freddie Mac’s books... Read More
Certain housing trends emerging from the pandemic likely will outlast the virus, real estate professionals predict. “The idea of what is necessary is changing,” Camille Thomas, a real estate professional in Jackson Hole, Wyo., told... Read More
Eighteen years after its first release, Faust Wines still lacked one thing — a tasting room. The Napa winery seemed ready to change that by opening a restored 19th century mansion on Highway 29 in... Read More
Generation Z, the oldest of whom are turning 24 this year, is a growing force in the rental market, but real estate experts are watching these consumers’ preferences closely for when they’re ready to buy. Read More