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Existing-home sales dropped for the second straight month in August, despite job growth and still-low mortgage rates, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Many markets across the United States are experiencing single-family housing inventory shortages exasperated by low-home building activity, according to one analysis. Here are the markets with the largest deficiencies.

Home price growth, uncertainty about down payments, and tight supply are making renters less sure of whether it’s a good time to buy a home, according to one analysis.

A number of current economic conditions are supportive of the housing market—although demand for housing is being hindered somewhat by tight inventory levels.

Pending home sales in July swelled to their second-highest numbers in more than a decade, in the face of the tight inventory. What drove the increase?

Though new home sales soared in July to their best numbers in nine years, existing-home sales in the month lost steam.

While the average number of days on the market for a single-family home ticked up from May to June nationwide, that number is shrinking in about a third of the states.

The homeownership rate in the U.S. is at its lowest rate in more than five decades at 62.9 percent, but according to new research, it doesn’t have to be that way.

A number of factors hampered what was supposed to have been a boost to mortgage activity in June, leaving pending home sales up slightly but essentially flat for the month.

The highest share of first-time buyers in four years boosted existing-home sales for June, but concerns around tight inventory and rapid home price appreciation still linger.