Home prices reached unsustainable highs in the nation's most popular metros throughout the pandemic, but a major market correction is leading to substantial declines in cities like San Francisco
Prospective buyers are more actively searching for homes in Q3 2022, but as rising interest rates limit affordable options, many are having a hard time finding what they want
The mid-pandemic housing boom created affordable pathways to homeownership for minority buyers, narrowing a historically rooted racial gap that has pushed Black, Latino, and Asian households into the rental market for decades
But the National Association of Home Builders attributes these affordability shifts to changes in the composition of prospective buyers rather than increase in overall affordability
Homebuyer activity is slowing nationwide amid surging mortgage rates and home prices, and as a result, pending home sales are seeing their sharpest decline since 2015