Case-Shiller: U.S. Home Prices Continued to Climb in March, Despite Pandemic
U.S. home prices were largely unaffected by the coronavirus pandemic in March, rising 0.5% on an adjusted basis compared with February, according to the...
New Home Sales Increased Slightly in April
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic fallout, new home sales eked out a monthly increase in April, rising 0.6% compared with March, according...
U.S. House Prices Rise 1.7 Percent in First Quarter
According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) most recent House Price Index (HPI), U.S. house prices rose in the first quarter of 2020,...
Existing-Home Sales in April Plummet to Lowest Levels Since 2010
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, existing-home sales fell 17.8% in April compared with March and were down 17.2% compared with April 2019, according to...
Home Sales Down Almost 23 Percent Year Over Year
According to a new report from Redfin, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent shutdowns hit the housing market in full force in...
Applications For New Home Purchases Plummeted in April
Applications for mortgages for new home purchases tumbled 25% in April in Compared with March and were down 12% compared with April 2019, according...
Housing Forecast Suggests ‘W’ Trajectory Is Likely
According to a revised 2020 housing forecast from realtor.com, pent-up buyer demand and low interest rates will cause home sales in the U.S. to...
Unemployment Hit 14.7% in April, More Than 20 Million Jobs Lost
More than 20.5 million U.S. jobs were lost in April due to the coronavirus pandemic, driving the unemployment rate up to 14.7%, the highest...
ADP: More Than 20 Million Jobs Were Lost in April
More than 20 million jobs were lost in April due to the COVID-19 crisis - more than double the total jobs lost during the...
Home Prices Continued to Rise in March, Despite COVID-19 Crisis
Despite the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent financial crisis, U.S. home prices continued to climb in March, rising 1.3% compared with February and rising 4.5%...
Black Knight Debuts Daily Home Price Flash
Black Knight Inc. has released its new Daily Home Price Flash, which features home price and other housing metrics that are updated each day...
Pending Home Sales Skid During March
According to the National Association of Realtors, the coronavirus outbreak had the expected effects on pending home sales in March, when all major regions...
Home Prices Continued to Rise in February
U.S. home prices continued to increase in February, when the economy was still gaining momentum and the coronavirus pandemic was just beginning to reach...
Pre-Coronavirus, Real House Prices Were Still Sliding
The February 2020 First American Real House Price Index (RHPI) shows that real house prices decreased 1.6 percent between January 2020 and February 2020...
Pandemic Took a Chunk Out of March Existing-Home Sales
The coronavirus pandemic took a chunk out of existing-home sales in March, falling 8.5% compared with February, according to the National Association of Realtors.
However,...
Home Sales, New Listings Drop Precipitously
According to a new report from Redfin, home sales and the number of homes listed for sale plummeted in the face of the U.S....
Pandemic Taking its Toll on Home Construction
The coronavirus pandemic took its toll on U.S. home construction in March.
According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing...
First American: Market for Existing-Home Sales Getting Shaky
First American’s Potential Home Sales Model for March shows that potential existing-home sales decreased to a 4.94 million seasonally adjusted annualized rate, representing a...
Freddie Mac: So Long, Spring Surge
Freddie Mac says housing markets will deviate from their typical spring surge, with both home sales and house prices falling due to the COVID-19...
Consumer Confidence in Housing Market Plummeted in March
Consumer confidence in the housing market dropped significantly in March due to the economic turmoil inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic.
As such, Fannie Mae’s Home...