Housing inventory

The laws will go on the books later next year as part of an effort to provide builders with new tools to deal with the California's lack of land for new residential construction.

Sales of high-end homes fell 38.1% year-over-year, per a Redfin report.

Mortgage-purchase applications were 4.6% higher in December from a month ago, per a Redfin report.

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell for a 10th-straight month in November, extending a record decline as high mortgage rates continue to stifle affordability.

New U.S. home construction continued to decline in November and permits plunged as high borrowing costs paired with widespread inflation eroded housing affordability and demand.

U.S. homebuilder sentiment fell every month in 2022, sinking in December to a level not seen in over a decade outside of the pandemic amid elevated mortgage rates and high construction costs.

One of the biggest U.S. homebuilders is offering to sell thousands of homes to rental landlords at a time when sales to everyday buyers have slumped. 

But that's largely because homes are staying on the market longer — almost three weeks more than in early summer on average.

A new state study suggests that mortgage lenders are putting up barriers to home ownership among people of color.

A record number of homes are being delisted as sellers face a sharp drop in demand, according to real estate brokerage Redfin.