Housing inventory

There was a slight increase in house listings in the Twin Cities metro last month, suggesting much better times ahead for buyers and their agents.

Rising rents combined with growing housing inventory could lead to increased purchase mortgage originations in the near future.

Orlando's red-hot real estate market may be cooling off.

Ordinarily, declining property sales will cool the costs for housing. But existing-home sales have been underperforming their potential for 40 straight months and property values are still on the rise, according to First American Financial Corp.

Housing could be in for a slowdown as three indicators of new- and existing-home construction activity fell year-over-year for the first time since 2011, according to BuildFax.

October's rise in the supply of homes for sale could signal the housing market getting closer to equal footing for buyers and sellers, according to Remax.

Next year is unlikely to offer relief from higher rates or housing supply shortages, according to the consensus forecast from 24 of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's member firms.

For the seventh month in a row, the number of homes sold in the Charlotte region decreased compared to last year.

Despite an abundance of new central Ohio apartment complexes, the region is not building anywhere near enough housing, according to the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio.

North Texas home sales fell by 8% in November.

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The nation is suffering from a housing affordability crisis and lower construction costs and increased government subsidies can ease the pain, consumers state in a National Association of Home Builders survey.

Metro Denver's housing market looked like it had regained its footing in October after stumbling in September. But last month, home sales hit another icy patch, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.

The gap between supply and demand in the housing market is contributing to affordability constraints that are likely to limit homeownership long-term, according to Freddie Mac.

Home prices are rising and first-time buyers now account for an increasing share of sales, factors that could lead to a surge in defaults during the next economic downturn.

It's in lenders' best interests to show first-time homebuyers how to avoid overextending themselves, which is easy to do in a housing market short on inventory and long on big down payments, the CEO of Freedom Mortgage says.

No surprise for potential North Texas homebuyers, but a new report ranks Dallas-Fort Worth as one of the U.S. markets that's seen the most home price growth.

The Democrat, who will likely head the Financial Services Committee, has signaled she'll make expanded housing opportunities for lower-income consumers a top priority.

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Clayton Properties Group, a builder specializing in prefabricated modular and manufactured homes, acquired Mungo Homes in a move to bolster the scale of its site-built housing.