Economics Fed Says Economy's Recovery Continues, Not Strong Enough for Rate Talk The Federal Reserve said it is nowhere near considering a rate hike as the economy continues its strong recovery despite growing concerns...
Economics Federal Reserve Will Not Taper Monthly Bond Purchases Just Yet The National Association of Home Builders expects the Federal Reserve to announce a tapering of bond purchases before the end of 2021, but...
Economics When Will the Housing Boom End? The housing boom will end in 2022, at least that’s what economist Bill Conerly says. What will put an end to the frenzy will be an increase...
New-Home Sales Interest in New Homes Falls, High Prices Likely to Blame Fewer prospective buyers are looking to purchase a newly constructed home, likely a result from ongoing price increases, says the National...
Market Data + Trends May Home Price Increase Breaks S&P Case-Shiller Record The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller report marked its highest annual home price reading in more than 30 years in May. Home prices were 16.6%...
Coronavirus Resources and Information Fewer Foreign Buyers Meant $20 Billion Less for U.S. Housing Market COVID-19 restrictions kept foreign buyers from spending billions of dollars on the U.S. housing market last year, reports Realtor.com....
Construction Home Builder Profitability Reached Highest Level on Record Last year’s net profit average for builders reached the highest level since management consulting firm The Shinn Group began tracking net...
Market Data + Trends Buyers Pull Back After Extended House Hunting Last winter, the Veros family found a home that fulfilled their modest wishlist and placed a bid for $6,000 over asking. When they learned...
Building Materials Why Buyers Won’t Find Relief in Lower Lumber Prices Homebuyers will not see lower home prices due to dropping lumber prices because it’s just one factor among many others causing builders to...
Economics How the Stock Market Could Impact Buyers Anxieties over the rising COVID-19 delta variant caused the stock market to go red yesterday, and it could begin to affect homebuyers....
