Borrowing costs are falling, home price growth is slowing, and buyers are regaining negotiating power, but will a cooler market persist even after the winter season ends?

While some would-be house hunters are retreating into the rental market out of necessity, other high-income Americans are renting by choice

Prospective buyers forging through a market correction are going toe-to-toe with one another for newly constructed homes, while a growing supply of aging for-sale inventory remains largely untouched

Prospective buyers searching for new homes are instead finding a growing inventory of for-sale properties that are 40 or more years old

Work-from-home professionals flocked to rural communities for a change of pace throughout the pandemic. But as many return to the office, they now leave behind a lack of affordably priced homes in these small towns

Young adults are spreading their wings and going solo after moving back into their childhood homes throughout the pandemic

Elevated home prices continue to pose an obstacle for house hunters, but most are persevering

The U.S. needs to add more than 1 million new housing units to chip away at a worsening supply deficit, but housing starts are expected to slow in the year ahead

Despite falling demand from priced out buyers, home builders remain optimistic about the year ahead, and experts say that rising sentiment may point toward a breakout year for a recovering economy