Housing inventory

Sentiment among homebuilders rose for the first time in three months amid a decline in borrowing costs, a sign that housing may stabilize in the year ahead even as the industry remains in a broad slowdown.

Spokane, Wash.-area home prices rose in 2018 as a strong seller's market persisted.

High home prices and expected interest rate hikes should lead to continued growth in multifamily mortgage origination volume in 2019, according to Freddie Mac.

After six years of tilting toward sellers, the metro Atlanta housing market may be starting to even out.

The housing shortage could end and oversupply may become an issue when a large percentage of baby boomers finally reach the point where they leave their homes, a recent report suggests.

Rising mortgage rates don't have as severe an impact on the first-time homebuyer market as they do for property values, according to a Zillow survey.

Houston's housing market shattered records in 2018, despite lingering effects from Hurricane Harvey and concerns that began late in the year over rising interest rates.

North Texas homebuilders eased off construction in the fourth quarter as some buyers took a break from the housing market.

Stable home prices and fewer homes changing hands in the Las Vegas Valley caused housing values to plateau last month, according to the valley's leading real estate association.

First-time homebuyers earn $30,000 more than their peers who didn't buy a house, and nearly $12,000 more than the country's overall median household income, highlighting affordability issues in current housing conditions, according to Zillow.

What goes up must come down. At least that was true in 2018 for Oahu's home market, which ended the year with record annual median prices for single- family homes and condominiums but saw slowing sales in December and for the full year.

As buyers grow nervous and tired, home prices in Philadelphia are slowing.

During the Palm Beach County, Fla., real estate recovery, home prices moved in one direction — up, up and up some more.

Builder Taylor Morrison Home Corp. has launched a program that lowers the rate on its lending subsidiary's mortgages for two years through a new buydown program.

Median home prices in Santa Fe, N.M., soared to $412,000 in the fourth quarter of 2018, a 27% increase from a year earlier, according to the Santa Fe Association of Realtors.

Home price appreciation gained $1.9 trillion in 2018, as the national housing market continued recovering from the Great Recession, according to Zillow.

Central Ohio home sales inched up in November, ending a three-month skid, according to figures released by the Columbus Realtors trade group.

Housing inventory has grown annually for three straight months following four years of declines, but the gains are small and uneven, according to Zillow.

The number of houses for sale last month in metro Atlanta was higher than the number for sale a year ago, signaling that the market may be entering a new phase.

Sales of previously owned homes rose for a second straight month and exceeded forecasts in November, suggesting consumer demand is picking up as price gains moderate amid more generous inventories.