Housing inventory

One could change how commercial property is taxed, the other could change rent control policies. Both might affect financing.

San Francisco's residential real estate market saw brisk activity from July through September with a steep increase in both sales and inventory, as a significant jump in buyers was not enough to keep up with the deluge of new condos and homes flooding the marketplace.

But overall sentiment as measured by Fannie Mae continued to recover from the depths of this spring.

Low mortgage rates and strained supply drove the housing market price growth to a 26-month high in August, according to CoreLogic.

The median sale price of existing homes in the Las Vegas area grew to record high $337,250 in September, according to a monthly report from Las Vegas Realtors.

The supply of homes for sale in Riverside and San Bernardino counties was 48% below year-ago levels for the week ending Sept. 26, according to Zillow.

Mortgage rates fell back toward their all-time low this week, increasing purchasing power for homebuyers. But the lack of homes for sale drives up prices and reduces affordability, according to Freddie Mac.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities gained in July, pushed higher by demand for housing that has been fueled by low mortgage rates.

Dallas had the greatest price gains in more than a year the latest nationwide comparison.

Consumer home purchasing power gained steam in July thanks to plummeting interest rates and gains in the median income despite steady price growth, according to First American.

Despite a roller-coaster stock market, lingering pandemic and uncertainty caused by natural and made disasters, the real estate market continues to connect buyers to sellers.

Home sales hit a 15-year high in Duluth, Minn., this summer even as inventory hit a 15-year low.

After an annual gain in July, newly constructed home listings tumbled in August as coronavirus complications caused the largest inventory drops on record, according to Redfin.

More counties have median home prices above their historic averages for typical wage earners, the company found.

A summer resurgence of home buying stretched into August, defying the pandemic to set record home prices and drive sales to a near two-year high, new housing figures show.

Chattanooga, Tenn., home sales continued last month to rebound from the coronavirus-spurred slump in the spring, boosting the median price of homes sold during August to an all-time high.

But the group is more conservative than Fannie Mae when it comes to interest rate movements over the next six quarters.

Outside the densely populated coastal hubs, annual home sales grew by leaps and bounds, as buying patterns shifted toward more space with less emphasis on proximity to urban centers, according to Redfin.

Sales of previously owned homes remained brisk in August as low mortgage rates and demand for space in the suburbs sustained strength in a housing market that’s a bright spot for the economy.

The number of pending sales in Sonoma County, Calif., was up 27% from June through August 2020 versus the same period in 2019 and the percentage of properties that went off the market within two weeks was up 8% in the same period in 2020 versus 2019.