Housing inventory

A lack of inventory and low interest rates helped keep Minnesota home sale prices rising as pending sales dropped in May, according to Minnesota Realtors.

Home sales in the San Antonio area plunged 20% in May, the market's worst stretch since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Home sales in New Hampshire cratered in May thanks to fewer homes on the market and more caution by sellers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Southern California housing markets are rebounding off what arguably was the worst April in the history books.

A house in Cornwall, N.Y., goes on the market and has eight buyers check it out in one day. Two promptly offer the full price of $305,000, which the winning bidder later upped to $340,000.

Eager buyers and reluctant sellers pushed Bay Area homes prices higher again in April, fueling quick sales and a robust market despite coronavirus restrictions.

Nine years of annual home price gains are expected to come to an end by next April, according to CoreLogic, although prices in Southern California are projected to continue rising.

Record lows in housing inventory plummeted even further as the global pandemic spread across Cape Cod over the last two months.

With would-be sellers too spooked to list their homes and would-be buyers held up due to social distancing orders, home price appreciation accelerated in April. And it could continue into the summer.

The Federal Reserve's actions should keep interest rates down and bring home sales back in June, according to NerdWallet.