Economics NAR Reports Home Price Increases in All Tracked Metros Except One In nearly all of the 183 metros tracked by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), median home prices have increased more than 10%...
Building Materials Lumber Executive Says Lower Prices Have Rekindled Building Interest Kyle Little, COO of New York-based lumber distributor Sherwood Lumber, says current lumber prices have welcomed more construction projects,...
Affordability Zillow Predicts Affordability Issues for Renters by End of 2021 If current rent and income growth trends continue, Zillow says some of the most affordable metros will become the least affordable and many...
Market Data + Trends Housing Market Pushes Buyers to Rentals, Intensifying Demand Intense demand, bidding wars, fast-rising prices—the rental market is beginning to look a lot like the for-sale market. Demand in the rental...
Economics 3 Early Signs the Housing Market Could Normalize Soon For the first time in five months, home prices fell. It’s also the first time home prices did not break a record, and other metrics point...
Market Data + Trends Forbearance Exits Expected to Add Inventory A wave of inventory could come soon as hundreds of thousands of homeowners are expected to exit forbearance, with a significant share likely...
Economics Housing Prices Threaten the Federal Reserve's Inflation Outlook Forecasters predict elevated home prices to be a temporary reaction to the economy’s reopening after pandemic-related restrictions, but the...
Economics 10 States With the Highest, Fastest-Growing GDP Each state has experienced economic recovery from the pandemic in very different ways, with some doing better than others. Forbes analyzed...
Economics Increasing Home Values Lift 1 Million Homes from 'Underwater' Status Home value increases have taken more than 1 million homes out of an “underwater” status, meaning the loans secured by the property were 25%...
Affordability Home Affordability Falls in the Second Quarter The share of homes affordable to families earning the U.S. median income fell sharply from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2021....
