Zillow

• Mortgage Denial Rates Fall, but Racial Gap Persists: Black Applicants Twice as Likely as Whites to be Denied a Conventional Loan April 19, 2018
  Suburban applicants are more likely to be approved for a conventional loan than borrowers in urban or rural areas
• Homes Sold Faster than Ever in 2017 April 17, 2018
  Shrinking inventory limits options for buyers this home shopping season, leading to more competition
• Zillow Expands Instant Offers to Phoenix; Will Work with Agents to Test Buying and Selling Homes Directly April 12, 2018
  Brokerages West USA, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona & Nevada Properties, and Coldwell Banker Premier Realty partner with Zillow in expanded test in Las Vegas and Phoenix; Zillow Group provides select preliminary first quarter financial results and updated full-year 2018 outlook
• Black Homebuyers Could Afford 55 Percent of U.S. Homes for Sale in 2017 April 11, 2018
  Buyers overall could afford 74 percent of available homes last year
• Homes "Earn" Minimum Wage or More in Nearly Half the Nation's Largest Cities April 9, 2018
  In 24 of the 50 largest U.S. cities, home value appreciation per working-hour is higher than local minimum wage, but renters are struggling just to come up with enough money to break into the market