Economics Housing 'Already in a Recession' All but two of the 11 recessions in the U.S. since 1945 were preceded by a housing slump, showing the industry's significance in the...
Builders Emerging Trend in Construction Loans In 2018, interest rates for residential acquisition, development, and construction (AD&C) loans had a general upward trend, according to...
Economics Buyers in 'Strongest Position in Years' In January, the supply of for-sale homes grew at its fastest rate since May 2015, and home prices increased by the smallest annual rate on...
Market Data + Trends Owning Costs More Than Renting New analysis from CNBC, based on Census survey data, shows that homeowners spend more than renters each month on housing costs. ...
Economics Highest Homeowner Costs in All 50 U.S. States A new study tracks the cities with the highest median monthly housing costs in all 50 U.S. states. Fourteen cities had monthly costs topping...
Economics Auto Loans Revved Up in 2018 A recent report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds that new auto loan volume had the highest year on record in 2018, at $584...
Economics With Open ARMs Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) are making a comeback in the housing market. These loans accounted for 9.2 percent of all new mortgage...
Economics California Dip: More Residents Want to Leave New survey data show that more Californians are thinking about moving out of state to more affordable markets: 53 percent are thinking of...
Single-Family Homes Housing's Polar Vortex In January 2019, the hottest real estate markets in the nation cooled down, while other markets' activity increased. A new study finds that...
Economics 10 Most 'Tax-Friendly' States A new study compares property tax, total sales tax, and personal income taxes paid by the middle 20 percent, or middle-income-earning, U.S....