Tag Archives: housing

Tight Housing Supplies Plague Spring Market

Home sales are “stuck” this spring due to the limited number of homes available to buy, says Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of REALTORS®. The supply of...

Economists Revise Housing Figures Amid Optimism

Several economists have recently revised their predictions on housing values to reflect a stronger-than-expected real estate rebound, and some have even doubled their original...

HUD Debuts Fair Housing Mobile App

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced a free mobile app that allows users to instantly file housing discrimination complaints. “Having this first...

10 Most Searched Housing Markets

Which markets are attracting the most traffic from prospective home shoppers online?...

List of Improving Housing Markets Expands

The list of improving housing markets grew to 259 in February with all 50 states represented, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets...

What’s Behind Falling Housing Inventories?

Home prices are increasing across the country as the number of homes for-sale continues to fall. But at a time when buyer demand is picking up, why is inventory still so low?...

4 Housing Issues to Watch in 2013

What does 2013 have in store for the housing market? With marked gains this year, housing experts expect the housing market to continue to gain momentum in the new year. The Wall...

Housing Permits Soar to 4 1/2 Year High

Housing permits — a gauge for future construction — soared 3.6 percent in November over December, reaching its highest level in more than four years, the Commerce Department...

U.S. Job Market Could Get a Lift from Low Housing Inventories

The lower inventory of homes for-sale could bode well for the job market, according to a recent article written by Robert Dietz, an economist with the National Association of Home...

What’s Really Behind the Housing Recovery?

The housing market has shown several consecutive months of improvement in home prices and buyer demand. The housing market—once a downer for the U.S. economy—is now its one bright...