Housing markets

The top 3 cities have an average median listing price of $217,967.

Significantly more Americans own a home now than a decade ago, but the disparity between Black homeownership rates and those of other racial and ethnic groups has grown wider, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Each state was rated on a number of factors in five categories, including affordability, overall well-being, quality and cost of healthcare, weather and crime.

The rebuff Tuesday ends months of deliberations over the cases, which had been fully briefed since late September. The court as a whole gave no explanation for either the rejection or the unusually long delay. 

Comparable sales fell 3.5% in its fiscal fourth quarter, Home Depot said Tuesday.

A deal between consumers and a Multiple Listing Service doesn't solve the issue of buyer brokers "steering" clients to listings with higher commissions, lawyers for the government said.

U.S. new-home construction sank at the start of the year by the most since the onset of the pandemic, indicating the recovery in the housing market will be gradual as many buyers await a further decline in mortgage rates.

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo gauge of housing market conditions rose by 4 points to 48 this month, according to data released Thursday.

Between a new partnership with REdistribute and two other agreements, the mortgage technology company says it has access to over 90% of property listing data.

An increase in conventional lending products drove the upturn, but the overall reading of the Mortgage Bankers Association index still landed near the longtime low from late 2023.