Market Data + Trends New Federal Reserve Study Seeks Answers for Housing Inventory Decline A new study by the Federal Reserve sought to discover how much the drop in inventory contributed to rising home prices. The Fed analyzed...
Economics Two Possibilities for Inflation and Potential Impacts on Home Prices Predictions for the future of inflation and housing prices are split into two camps: transitory and persistent. Consumers and firms are...
Market Data + Trends Zillow Predicts Price Increases Through Summer 2022 Though recent reports say there’s a cooldown happening for the housing market, Zillow predicts home prices will not start to slow until...
Economics NAR Reports Home Price Increases in All Tracked Metros Except One In nearly all of the 183 metros tracked by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), median home prices have increased more than 10%...
Building Materials Lumber Executive Says Lower Prices Have Rekindled Building Interest Kyle Little, COO of New York-based lumber distributor Sherwood Lumber, says current lumber prices have welcomed more construction projects,...
Affordability Zillow Predicts Affordability Issues for Renters by End of 2021 If current rent and income growth trends continue, Zillow says some of the most affordable metros will become the least affordable and many...
Market Data + Trends Housing Market Pushes Buyers to Rentals, Intensifying Demand Intense demand, bidding wars, fast-rising prices—the rental market is beginning to look a lot like the for-sale market. Demand in the rental...
Economics 3 Early Signs the Housing Market Could Normalize Soon For the first time in five months, home prices fell. It’s also the first time home prices did not break a record, and other metrics point...
Market Data + Trends Forbearance Exits Expected to Add Inventory A wave of inventory could come soon as hundreds of thousands of homeowners are expected to exit forbearance, with a significant share likely...
Economics Housing Prices Threaten the Federal Reserve's Inflation Outlook Forecasters predict elevated home prices to be a temporary reaction to the economy’s reopening after pandemic-related restrictions, but the...