Market Analysis

The length of time the average homeowner lives in their house has been increasing over the past decade. In fact, one recent analysis found that the ...

Home buyers and sellers can have very different views when it comes to housing market conditions. Rising prices, for example, are bad news for ...

Each month, Fannie Mae conducts a survey asking respondents for their perception of the housing market, buying and selling a home, mortgage rates, ...

Home buyers have a lot to consider. They have to think about the size and location of the house they'll buy, how much storage it'll have, the school ...

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

In October, sales of newly built, single-family homes were relatively flat from the month before, according to a new report from the U.S. Census ...

New numbers from the National Association of Realtors show sales of previously owned homes increased in October from the month before. The nearly 2 ...

Over the years, owning a home has been considered a pretty safe investment. In fact, homeownership has generally been considered a good way to build ...

Young Americans' financial health is an important factor in the housing market. After all, first-time homebuyers historically have accounted for ...

When you're young, there are many things that might lead you to look for a new place to live. Maybe you're moving because you want to be closer to a ...

In the days before the industrial revolution, motorized vehicles, and grocery stores, people were much more likely to have to rely on one another to ...

Interest in buying a home never seems to fade too much. Most Americans want to own a home. But despite having a desire to become homeowners, ...

The most recent results of the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices – considered to be the leading measure of U.S. home prices – show ...

Housing market conditions fluctuate. Home prices, mortgage rates, and inventory all rise and fall. For most home buyers, however, market conditions ...

If you want to know how the housing market's doing, ask a builder. After all, it's their business to sell homes. So they have to have a good feel ...

Living close to a grocery store is a plus. It may not be your top priority when you're out shopping for a house, but there's no denying that the ...

It is commonly assumed that homeownership isn't as popular among younger Americans as it was among previous generations. But recent data seems to ...