The real-estate industry is reckoning with its racist legacy in the wake of...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is bringing implicit bias training to its realtor members and partner associations in the wake of the George Floyd protests.The training consists of a...
View ArticleHere's why you have to get in on the suburban housing market right now
Pending US home sales rose 44.3% in May, which is the highest month-over-month growth ever recorded by the National Association of Realtors.The increase in pending home sales points to a recovering...
View ArticleHousing in the US has not been able to keep up with buyer demand over the...
Summary List PlacementAmid the pandemic, housing has been one area of the economy that has been doing relatively well as reflected by a rise in both builder confidence and housing starts.But housing...
View ArticleUS pending home sales leap to record as housing-market surge continues
Summary List PlacementThe National Association of Realtors' Pending Home Sales Index surged 8.8% last month to a record high of 132.8, signaling the US housing market's rally continued into the...
View ArticleUS existing home sales spike to fastest rate since 2006 as housing-market...
Summary List PlacementSales of previously owned homes leaped 9.4% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.54 million, the National Association of Realtors announced Thursday.The reading...
View ArticleUS home prices surge the most since 2013 as Americans take advantage of...
Summary List PlacementThe median price for a single-family home in the US rose 12% in the third quarter of 2020, according to the National Association of Realtors. Bloomberg reported that this 12% jump...
View ArticleUS pending home sales fall for 2nd month as high prices cut into...
Summary List PlacementThe National Association of Realtors' index of pending US home sales fell 1.1% to 128.9 in October, according to data published Monday.Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected...
View ArticleUS existing home sales drop for the first time in 6 months amid rising prices...
Summary List PlacementSales of preowned homes in the US contracted for the first time in six months in November as soaring prices and dwindling supply butted heads with the recent housing-market...
View ArticleThe US housing-inventory crisis is starting to bite existing home sales,...
Summary List PlacementSales of previously owned homes in the US declined more than expected in February as the housing market's supply shortage further curbed the recent buying spree.Existing home...
View ArticleThe typical American house price keeps hitting record highs. Redfin says the...
Summary List PlacementHousing prices keep going up, and real-estate firms are starting to worry about it.In a Friday report, Redfin said the median home-sale price for the four weeks ending March 21...
View ArticleExisting home sales slow further as weak supply chokes off the US housing boom
Summary List PlacementHome purchases stumbled further in March as the record imbalance between supply and demand cut further into buying activity.Existing-home sales fell 3.7% in March to a seasonally...
View ArticleThe red-hot housing market isn't likely to crash soon. Experts warn prices...
Summary List PlacementExperts see little risk of the housing market's boom turning into a bubble. But that doesn't mean there's no reason to worry.Housing has served as one of the rare economic hot...
View ArticleSales of previously owned homes tumble in April as the supply shortage bites
Summary List PlacementThe housing market unexpectedly slowed — again — in April as a lack of adequate inventory and soaring prices hindered buying activity.Sales of existing homes in the US dropped...
View ArticleThe US housing boom helped wealthy homeowners the most
Summary List PlacementLike many other aspects of the US recovery, the housing market's boom has been anything but even.The market rally started as a broad upswing. After home sales tumbled at the start...
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