Slightly lower median home prices along with a small uptick in mortgage rates contributed to housing affordability holding steady in the fourth quarter.
Due largely to unusually severe weather across much of the nation, housing starts fell 16 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 880,000 units in January.
Unusually severe weather conditions across much of the nation along with continued concerns over the cost and availability of labor and lots resulted in a 10-point drop in builder confidence.
Think Chicago or New York City is the densest city in America? Not so. If you define density as population per square mile, metropolitan Los Angeles heads the list.