In order to bolster buyer demand and maintain a healthy backlog in a housing slowdown, home builders are being forced to lower their prices and offer new sales incentives
After posting strong gains in a red-hot mid-pandemic market, rent growth appears to be cooling at the close of 2022, and measures of inflation could follow closely behind
Mortgage applications are on the rise after a slight dip in daily rates at the start of December, but buyers are still hesitant to reenter the for-sale market
Mortgage rates dropped by half a percentage point last week, and though experts say the sudden deceleration is only a temporary respite, it could lead to a resurgence of holiday buyers
Homeowners are staying put and taking on large renovation projects rather than selling and confronting rising mortgage rates, and home improvement stores are reaping the benefits
Inflation appears to be easing, but the latest consumer price index reveals that shelter costs, which account for a third of the total CPI, aren't budging
A housing correction is causing a much-anticipated slowdown in home price growth, but just how much damage could the Fed's rate hikes do in the for-sale market?