A recent survey of builders found that in many instances, the government added extra costs in order to protect the environment and improve the surrounding area for existing residents.
Read More »Competitive Housing Market Presents Challenges
The housing market has become increasingly competitive for both buyers and sellers as home prices have steadily increased.
Read More »Fed Vice Chair Stays Cool on Brexit Effect
While immediate declines in mortgage rates have caused many to speculate on Brexit's effect, Stanley Fischer is taking a wait-and-see stance.
Read More »Obstacles Don’t Deter Optimism Toward Housing
The national U.S. housing market is sustainable, despite slower-than-expected household formations and the slowdown in energy sector jobs, according to a report.
Read More »Growth Rates Climbing In Lower-End Home Prices
Bottom-tier housing prices are escalating at rates competitive with top-tier properties, and in some cases surpassing them greatly.
Read More »Housing Has Pushed Economic Growth, But. . .
Robust rental demand continues to drive the housing expansion. However, the national homeownership rate has been on an unprecedented 10-year downtrend.
Read More »Housing Hits High Gear in May
The U.S. housing market accelerated to its fastest pace on record in May, as the typical home went under contract a full week faster than a year earlier.
Read More »High Rents May Force Buyers Into the Market
The increasing cost of rental housing is prompting a larger number of consumers to go searching for a home to buy.
Read More »Housing Forecasts Stay Calm Through Economic Storm
With both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac downwardly revising their projected economic growth for the full year of 2016, what do they expect for housing?
Read More »The Road to Market Normality
Recovery nationwide is rising at a steady pace and is inching closer to the last-observed state of normalcy in the housing market, according to data from the National Association of Home Builders.
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