Real Estate Blog

Home prices have been increasing for more than just the past few months. But, according to newly released numbers from the S&P Case-Shiller Home ...

Sales of newly built single-family homes rose more than economists expected in August, marking the second-consecutive month of gains. The 1.5 ...

New numbers from the National Association of Realtors show that, even as the summer market looked to be slowing down, homes for sale were still ...

If you're a prospective home buyer, the pace of new home construction should matter to you. Today's hot market and rapidly rising prices are largely ...

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Applications Survey, demand for loans to buy homes reached its highest point since April ...

Each month, Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group releases a forecast detailing their outlook for the economy and housing market. ...

Builders have to be able to read the market in order to be successful. So it's no surprise their perspective is closely followed. One measure of how ...

The number of rooms a house has – and how they're distributed – is even more important than the overall size of the home. A huge home ...

Your mortgage lender is the first person you should talk to once you've decided to buy a home. After a preliminary review of your finances, they can ...

Work has always played a role in where we live. After all, nobody likes a long commute. Which is why we've typically looked to live somewhere close ...

The best time to buy a house is when you're ready. But, once you're ready, picking the right time of year to start the process could be beneficial. ...

If you want to be approved for a mortgage, you have to qualify. Which means, if you have too much debt, too little income, or bad credit, you may ...

Equity is the difference between what you owe on your house and what it's worth. So, when home prices are growing, equity is too. And with the ...

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Applications Survey, average mortgage rates were mostly flat last week, hovering just above ...

Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index is based on a monthly survey gauging Americans' feelings about the housing market and overall economy. It ...

The typical home buyer doesn't spend much time considering the price of gypsum products or ready-mix concrete. But the prices builders pay for ...

There are many gauges of U.S. home prices but the S&P Case-Shiller Indices is among the most closely followed. The index is constructed to ...