Housing Starts Tumbled 10.3 Percent in February With Wild Weather Playing a Role
Housing starts in February were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.42 million, a decrease of 10.3% compared with January and a decrease...
Report Finds Almost All the Largest MSAs Are Less Affordable Today Than 20 Years...
A new research report from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Research Institute for Housing America (RIHA) finds that nearly all of the 50 largest...
Fannie Mae: Still Room for Improvement in Housing and Economic Attitudes
The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) decreased in February by 1.2 points to 76.5, with four of the HPSI's six components falling month over...
Despite February Job Gains, U.S. Unemployment Rate Remains 6.2 Percent
The U.S. economy added 379,000 jobs in February compared with January, beating expectations, however, the unemployment rate was little changed at 6.2%, according to...
CoreLogic: Home Price Annual Appreciation Hit Double Digits in January
CoreLogic’sHome Price Index and HPI Forecast for January 2021 shows that 2020’s strong market continued into the new year, with home price growth experiencing its...
ATTOM: ‘Zombie Properties Remain Pretty Much a Non-Issue’
ATTOM Data Solutions’ first-quarter 2021 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report shows that 1.4 million residential properties in the U.S. are vacant, representing 1.5 percent of...
Redfin: Several Housing Metrics Still Setting Records
According to a new report from Redfin, asking prices of newly listed homes hit a new all-time high of $343,961 on February 21, up 11% from the...
NAR Pending Home Sales Index Dropped in January
Pending home sales took a step backward in January as inventory constraints continue to hold back prospective buyers, according to the National Association of...
New Home Sales Increased in January as Supply Continued to Shrink
New home sales in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 923,000, an increase of 4.3% compared with December and up 19.3%...
Home Prices Saw Largest Year-Over-Year Gain Since 2013 in December
U.S. home prices increased 1.3% on an adjusted basis in December compared with November and were up 10.4% compared with December 2020, according to...
Existing-Home Sales Up Nearly 24 Percent in January Compared With a Year Earlier
Existing-home sales in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.69 million: an increase of 0.6% compared with December and up 23.7%...
Radian: ‘Home Prices Continue To Be a Shining Star’
Home prices nationally rose at an annualized rate of 7.5 percent from the end of December 2020 to the end of January 2021, according...
Applications for New Home Purchases Jumped 17 Percent in January
Applications for mortgages for new home purchases increased 17% in January compared with December and were up 18.9% compared with January 2020, according to...
Housing Starts Dipped in January as Builders Face Supply-Side Headwinds
Housing starts were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.58 million in January - a decrease of 6.0% compared with December and down...
After Dismal December, U.S. Economy Added 49,000 Jobs in January
The U.S. economy added 49,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate dipped to 6.3%, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
CoreLogic: Home Prices Increased Nearly 10 Percent in 2020
U.S. home prices saw the largest largest annual gain in more than six years in December, fueled by lack of supply, record demand and...
Pending Home Sales Dipped in December, But 2021 is Forecast to Be Strong
Pending home sales dipped slightly in December compared with November but were up 21.4% compared with December 2019, according to the National Association of...
New Home Sales Jumped in December
After falling in November, new home sales rebounded in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 842,000, an increase of 1.6% compared with...
Case-Shiller: Home Prices Continued to Rise Rapidly in November
U.S. home prices increased 1.4% on an adjusted basis in November compared with October and were up 9.5% compared with November 2019, according to...
Existing-Home Sales Defy COVID’s Economic Impact, Jump Again in December
Existing-home sales were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 6.76 million in December, an increase of 07.% compared with November and up 22.2% compared...