...country, housing market conditions will remain challenging for home shoppers this fall. MBA expects rates to move lower in the months ahead, which should help improve affordability slightly.” Affordability remains...

...opportunities could help with the current affordability of homes. According to an updated survey National Housing Survey (NHS) conducted by Fannie Mae, which now asks respondents questions about working and...

...posted monthly losses, sales in the South and West grew. Furthermore, all four U.S. regions saw year-over-year declines in transactions. "Markets with outright or relative affordability, as is often found...

...land is excluded from this analysis, the paper does acknowledge that land prices play a major role in home affordability. Specifically, as land prices increase, the proportional cost advantage of...

...housing market, the rental market in the West is the least affordable of the regions, though it has seen affordability begin to improve. Lower priced markets have seen affordability deteriorate...

...mortgage rates, dragged affordability lower in June. The 30-year, fixed mortgage rate increased by 0.3 percentage points and nominal house prices accelerated by 0.8% compared with May. The Three Key...

While Americans nationwide struggle with housing costs and affordability, annual single-family home rent growth eased for the 14th consecutive month in June, registering a 3.3% gain, which remains in close...

...erode U.S. home affordability but also discourage homeowners from tapping loans against their accrued equity. While home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and home equity loans gained popularity as owners...

As many Americans nationwide remain in search of more housing affordability, more than one-quarter—an estimated 25.8%—of homebuyers are looking to move to a different part of the country. That marks...

...down slightly from a peak the day before but still close to its highest level in more than 20 years. To look at affordability another way, the monthly mortgage payment...