The pandemic made housing less affordable, but not in the obvious places
The housing affordability crisis often conjures images of coastal urban cities, but that’s not where costs are rising the most.
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How to think about home prices for the rest of 2025
Home sales have continued to disappoint through the peak buying season and are only now just showing some growth over last year.
Seattle housing market wrestles with crippling affordability concerns
Seattle is wrestling with a problem that is more acute than all but a handful of metropolitan areas — crippling affordability issues.
These suburbs saw the largest increases in renters during the pandemic
A Point2Homes study found that a number of suburbs experienced significant shifts in renter rates from before and after the pandemic.
Two maps that show where the housing market is struggling
Grades on market conditions for both the resale and new-home markets show that sentiment among agents and builders is souring.
DOGE effect? Housing inventory in DC is rising faster than the rest of the country
Are federal layoffs having an impact on the D.C. housing market? A divergence between condos and single-family homes could be a clue.
Where land-use regulations are driving up housing costs
The federal government has few options for addressing housing costs because most land-use regulations are administered at the local level.
More home sellers and home sales in May
The risk for this market is mortgage rates going higher. Even as the stock market has rebounded, the bond market has kept rates high.
Lenders witness surge of mortgage demand this week
New American Funding’s Patty Arvielo shared that Tuesday was NAF’s best day for applications in three years. Can it continue?
NAR: Home prices are up in 83% of metros
According to the National Association of Realtors, 189 of 228 metro areas saw an uptick in the median price for a single-family home.