Housing inventory

A measure of home prices in 20 U.S. cities jumped 18.4%, down from 19.1% in September, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index showed Tuesday.

The days of sub-3 percent mortgage rates will end next year as the Federal Reserve tries to combat inflation, making it more expensive to buy a home but only slightly cooling Maine's hot real estate market, experts say.

U.S. home construction starts strengthened in November to the fastest pace in eight months, suggesting builders are making a bit more headway on backlogs even as supply and labor constraints linger.

A forward-looking gauge of U.S. home purchases rebounded in October to a 10-month high, signaling steady housing demand despite growing affordability concerns among many prospective buyers.

Starwood Capital Group is acquiring 2,300 single-family rental homes from Pretium Partners, increasing its bet on U.S. suburban real estate.

Mortgage lenders and real estate professionals share their perspectives on the cities predicted to draw the most interest from home buyers in the next year, according to the Urban Land Institute.

The majority of prospective home sellers want to list their properties in the next six months, according to a recent survey by Realtor.com.

Listing times, price appreciation and inventory of for-sale homes all made incremental gains in favor of buyers, according to Zillow

While September's single-family starts were unchanged from the prior month, multifamily activity fell 5%, according to government data.

The lack of inventory pushed the median housing price to double-digit annual growth for the 14th straight month, according to Redfin.

Appreciation more than tripled the year-ago rate, according to CoreLogic.

More for-sale homes hit the market than at any point this year but a turning point may lie ahead, according to Realtor.com.

Sales of new U.S. homes rose in August by more than forecast, reaching a four-month high and suggesting demand is stabilizing as builders make gradual headway on backlogs.

Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine were down almost 5 percent in August compared to the previous year, a sign that the hot real estate market may be leveling off, according to a state real estate group.

While the Biden Administration has issued a series of measures to encourage the production of more affordable housing, municipalities must changing their zoning or other restrictive laws to facilitate additional development, writes the Chairman and CEO of Walker & Dunlop

Growing confidence that they’ll be able to find a new place to live will finally push homeowners to put their homes up for sale, the survey of real estate experts found.

Residential starts rose 3.9% last month to a 1.62 million annualized rate after an upwardly revised July print, according to government data released Tuesday.

The jump is the largest 12-month gain in the index since the series began 45 years ago.

Residential construction was up 27% year over year in July, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

U.S. pending home sales unexpectedly declined for a second straight month in July as limited inventory and soaring prices deterred some prospective buyers.