Market Updates

Builders don't build homes, if they don't feel there's a market for them. That's why, the National Association of Home Builders' Housing Market ...

The housing market has a pattern to it. Typically, it starts to get busier in early spring and continues to build through the summer. But, then in ...

The National Association of Realtors' Pending Home Sales Index tracks the number of signed contracts to buy homes each month. The index is a good ...

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Applications Survey, average mortgage rates fell to another all-time survey low last week. ...

If you're trying to calculate how much house you can afford, the most commonly cited rule is that your mortgage payment should be no more than 28 ...

New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development show newly built single-family homes are now selling at ...

The lack of available homes for sale has been getting a lot of attention lately. That's no surprise. When there aren't enough homes to accommodate ...

New residential construction is vital to keeping the housing market balanced. After all, there's no easier way to increase the number of homes for ...

Spring and summer are the busiest seasons for the housing market. Home buyer demand ramps up in March and doesn't typically start falling until ...

When the coronavirus took hold in March it required a lot of adjustments. Everything from how we shop for groceries to how we socialize underwent an ...

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Applications Survey, demand for loans to buy homes is now 40 percent higher than it was at ...

Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index is a monthly measure of how Americans view the housing market and their personal financial situation. The ...

If you know nothing else about how financing works, you know a lower mortgage rate is better than a higher one. You don't need to be an expert to ...

Ideally, the number of homes for sale would be equal to the number of interested home buyers. After all, an equally balanced housing market would ...

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Applications Survey, demand for loans to buy homes is now 28 percent higher than it was last ...

During the second quarter, the economy suffered the worst contraction since World War II. But the strength of the subsequent rebound has Fannie ...

New numbers from the National Association of Realtors show contract signings up for the third straight month. Contract activity rose 5.9 percent in ...