Builders 9 in 2019: Housing Trends to Watch A new ranking reveals 9 challenges, welcome developments, and housing's most wanted in 2019. While housing inventory and financing is...
Economics With Recent Rate Drop, Will Sales Grow? In the second week of December 2018, interest rates fell to the lowest level since September, easing borrowing costs, and offering the...
Builders Builder Confidence at 3-Year Low According to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, home builder sentiment had a 56 point reading in...
Builders Housing Weakness Revealed With New Sales Forecast Mortgage applications to buy a new home decreased 11 percent in November 2018, and economists predict a 5 percent dip in new-home sales for...
Economics Rate Drop Boosts Mortgage Application Volume In the first full week of December 2018, interest rates decreased to the lowest level since September, helping push up mortgage application...
Economics Stocks, Trade Cause Rates' About-Face In November 2018, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was about 4.94 percent. In the first week of December, the average rate has...
Economics Rates to Take Major Bite Out of Home Value Growth by 2020 According to federally-backed lender Freddie Mac's two-year forecast, rising mortgage rates may cut annual home price appreciation rates in...
Economics Exclusive Research: 2019 Market Forecast Home builders remain optimistic for the year ahead, despite a sluggish end to 2018
Housing Markets Housing Market: The Times They Are a Changin’ As Bob Dylan sang it, housing's marketplace is experiencing it. Don’t be caught off-guard
Economics 2019 National Housing Forecast's 'Wild Card' With the new year on the horizon, housing experts are highlighting four major trends they see coming for buyers and sellers in terms of...