Tag Archives: Wage Growth

After more than a year of double-digit yearly rent gains, the U.S. median rental price in September posted its smallest year-over-year increase since last summer, further declining from its peak in July 2022.

The headline numbers were lower than expected for the latest Employment Situation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report contained a bright spot, however, in hourly wage gains. How will wage growth affect housing going forward?

What factors pushed housing affordability in Q4 down to its lowest level in eight years, according to one analysis?

For months, home price appreciation has outpaced wage growth, which has been hurting affordability. It appears that trend may be changing, however.

Though job gains fell slightly short of expectations, the latest employment summary from the BLS was largely positive. Will it be enough to push the Fed to raise rates in Decmeber?

Job gains were solid and the labor force participation rate reached a 15-month high in February's Employment Summary from the BLS. But the news was not all positive.

With household income lagging and home prices continuing their upward climb, fewer buyers are able to afford a home in today's housing market

With household income lagging and home prices continuing their upward climb, fewer buyers are able to afford a home in today's housing market.

The labor market was the strong point of the U.S. economy in the last quarter of 2015, with an average of 284,000 jobs added in the last three months of the year.

Employment gains, wage growth, and continued low mortgage rates are pushing home prices up both year-over-year and month-over-month.