Housing inventory

The National Association of Realtors' vice president of demographics and behavioral insights offers a few predictions ahead of what is typically real estate's busiest season.

While increased activity in rentals is influencing current numbers, interest in homeownership among Gen Z could help fuel growth later this decade.

A measure of home prices in 20 U.S. cities jumped 18.3%, down from 18.5% in October, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index showed Tuesday. It marked the fourth straight month that home-price appreciation has cooled off ever so slightly.

The deal gives Blackstone a portfolio of 42 garden-style apartment communities totaling more than 12,600 units in 13 states, including Texas, Arizona, Florida, Colorado and Georgia.

Contract closings decreased 4.6% in December from the prior month to an annualized 6.18 million, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed Thursday.

KKR & Co. is acquiring a lending platform that caters to home-flippers, giving the investing giant an opportunity to eventually invest $1 billion a year in small real estate loans.

New U.S. home construction unexpectedly strengthened in December to the fastest pace in nine months, led by apartment projects and suggesting builders found some success navigating shortages of materials and labor.

Deals by investors — including a smaller portion of flippers — helped push up prices more than 20% on average, squeezing out normal buyers, according to an analysis by Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics.

The tech industry’s attempts to simplify the process of selling a house depend on flipping properties to some of the biggest names in global finance.

A chaparral-covered patch of land in southwest Riverside County could soon become a testing ground for a new housing concept.

The National Association of Realtors’ index of pending home sales decreased 2.2% from a month earlier to 122.4, according to data released Wednesday.

A measure of home prices in 20 U.S. cities jumped 18.4%, down from 19.1% in September, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index showed Tuesday.

The days of sub-3 percent mortgage rates will end next year as the Federal Reserve tries to combat inflation, making it more expensive to buy a home but only slightly cooling Maine's hot real estate market, experts say.

U.S. home construction starts strengthened in November to the fastest pace in eight months, suggesting builders are making a bit more headway on backlogs even as supply and labor constraints linger.

A forward-looking gauge of U.S. home purchases rebounded in October to a 10-month high, signaling steady housing demand despite growing affordability concerns among many prospective buyers.

Starwood Capital Group is acquiring 2,300 single-family rental homes from Pretium Partners, increasing its bet on U.S. suburban real estate.

Mortgage lenders and real estate professionals share their perspectives on the cities predicted to draw the most interest from home buyers in the next year, according to the Urban Land Institute.

The majority of prospective home sellers want to list their properties in the next six months, according to a recent survey by Realtor.com.

Listing times, price appreciation and inventory of for-sale homes all made incremental gains in favor of buyers, according to Zillow

While September's single-family starts were unchanged from the prior month, multifamily activity fell 5%, according to government data.