Market Updates

New home sales are an important barometer for the housing market. When they're selling quickly, home builders build more homes, which helps balance ...

The latest results from the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices show prices up 3.8 percent year-over-year. And while that's a fairly normal ...

The housing market continues to grow stronger. And, according to Fannie Mae's most recent outlook from their Economic and Strategic Research Group, ...

New numbers from the National Association of Realtors show sales of previously owned homes up nearly 10 percent over last year at the same time. The ...

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

The National Association of Home Builders conducts a monthly survey to measure how confident builders are in the market for newly built, ...

For the past few years, inventory has been the main issue affecting housing market conditions. Many markets had fewer homes for sale than normal and ...

Each month, Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index measures Americans' feelings about the housing market, the economy, and their personal ...

n a competitive market – where there are more home buyers than there are homes for sale – buyers often have to offer to pay more ...

Choosing a home to buy means considering everything from whether the roof is in good condition to whether the neighborhood fits your needs and ...

The National Association of Realtors' Pending Home Sales Index measures the number of contracts to buy homes that are signed each month. Because ...

During the 36 years between 1968 and 2004, home prices increased every year. The average annual increase during that period was 6.4 percent. These ...

New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development show sales of newly built single-family homes rose 10.3 ...

The housing market has up years and down years. And the list of factors that influence it is long. Everything from geopolitical tension to student ...

The National Association of Home Builders conducts a survey each month to measure builders' confidence in the market for newly built homes. Because ...

Whether or not you feel like it's a good time to buy or sell a house depends a lot on your perception of the housing market. That's why Fannie Mae ...

Calculating whether or not you can afford to buy a home can be stressful. It's a major financial transaction and it's easy to become overwhelmed ...