Housing inventory

If employers maintain flexible working practices after lockdowns get lifted, housing preferences and subsequent property values could greatly change.

Some real estate agents say there are signs the local housing market has started to rebound since late March, when efforts to reduce the spread of the virus led to stay-at-home orders in Austin and elsewhere.

U.S. home prices continued climbing in the first quarter, before the impact of the pandemic's economic shutdown took hold.

North Texas home sales slid in April as buyers sheltered in place from the pandemic.

In a study of four metro areas, housing supply and demand gained momentum in the second half of April, even where the COVID-19 curve continued to grow.

It's unclear how the impact of coronavirus on the economy will change the Boise housing market, but it seems unlikely to bring more than a brief halt to the trends of rising prices and intensifying shortages of houses for people of ordinary means.

The number of home sales in the greater New Orleans area dropped sharply in April as the coronavirus pandemic locked down the economy, but prices mostly held steady as many sellers withdrew their properties and took a "wait-and-see" position amid the unprecedented market conditions.

Thousands of fewer homes came onto the market in the St. Louis metro area last month than normal — just 2,400 new listings each week, a 42% drop over this time last year, according to realtor.com.

Residential real estate showings in the Denver metropolitan region, hampered by the COVID-19 outbreak and corresponding stay-at-home orders, hit an all-time low last month.

Hawaii's real estate market is now getting pounded from complications of COVID-19.