Housing inventory

The song remains the same: There still aren't enough houses to keep up with all the people trying to buy them in Missoula, Mont., so that means prices keep shooting up.

As the summer home-selling season came to a close, median sale prices — both across Central Texas and within the Austin city limits — reached all-time highs in August, the Austin Board of Realtors said.

A combination of pent-up demand, low inventory and rock bottom interest rates is making it extra tough for homebuyers with government-backed loans.

Home starts fell more than forecast in August, reflecting less construction of apartments and a decline in the tropical storm-hit South, representing a pause in momentum for a housing market that's been a key source of fuel for the economy.

The median sales price for a single-family house in Rhode Island hit an all-time high of $333,164 in August, according to the Rhode Island Association of Realtors.

Nowhere is the widening gap between real estate and the real economy more apparent than in Las Vegas, where tourism is in ruins, wages are plunging and home prices just keep rocketing higher.

The median housing prices in Merced County, Calif., have increased in each of the last five months.

The number of homes sold in metro Baton Rouge, La., was 11.2% higher in August than the year before, continuing a hot streak triggered by low interest rates.

The North Texas housing market continued to thumb its nose at the pandemic in August, with home sales up 11% from a year ago.

Listing prices in California have risen 34% since January as inventory shriveled amid the pandemic.

High-end home sales fueled the market in August while inventory fell to its lowest level in five years, culminating in one of the busiest summers ever for Houston housing.

Oahu single-family homes hit a record-median price in August and sales held steady, while the condominium market remained challenged by the pandemic.

The median sale price of an existing home in Southern Nevada hit $335,000 in August, a new record, according to the Las Vegas Realtors trade organization.

Without further government help, that rate could double again by 2022, CoreLogic said.

More so than their colleagues nationwide, originators in the Southeast are concerned about how supply impacts their business.

More than half of listings underwent bidding wars in August with some housing markets peaking above 65%, according to Redfin.

Leslie DeLuca has been a real estate agent in Monterey County, Calif., for 20 years and thought she'd seen every fluctuation of the market.

The technology company arrived at this percentage by mapping federally declared disaster areas to the projects it helps lenders manage.

Home purchase power increased by almost 7% annually in July as mortgage rates were at or near record lows.

Home and sales in metro Denver dropped by nearly a fifth in August from a record-setting July, but not because buyers pulled back. They had half as many homes to choose from this year than a year ago.