...stoking fears about whether another price bubble is feasible. The Western region saw prices jump 1.2 percent quarter-over-quarter and 7.5 percent over last year, while the South saw a 0.8...

...increased demand, leading to large increases in prices, which then plummeted when the bubble burst. Speculation in housing can create serious problems for homeowners. The natural level for housing starts...

...that make up the majority of the rental market.   As home prices soar to new heights—with no sign of decline—housing bubbles appear to be popping up in many markets...

...housing market is in a bubble, while 20 percent indicated that the market is at-risk for bubble conditions in the next year. "Without 20/20 hindsight, it's difficult to identify bubbles...

...Other markets dealing with healthy home prices include Modesto, Stockton, Sacramento, and Vallejo, California. Still, these California markets are not expected to reach the bubble-levels reached during the pre-real estate...

...the bottom in 2012 led some to wonder if we’re entering a new bubble," Blitzer noted. "While bubbles can only be reliably identified in hindsight, one useful measure compares the...

...get—new safeguards such as the CFPB, the housing market appears, for the most part, to chart a bubble-free course. “With prospective homeowners undergoing stricter vetting procedures prior to securing a...

...(such as in the burst of the “dot com” bubble in the early 2000s or the housing market in 2008). “And in the first half of the 2000s, the economy...

...in housing appreciation since the housing market crash, the report showed. In these neighborhoods, homes are worth 11.9 percent more than they were at the peak of the housing bubble....

...housing affordability is fairly valued, with little sign of a housing price bubble,” said David Berson, Nationwide’s SVP and chief economist. “However, certain areas are seeing price appreciation that is...