Housing markets

Home construction starts plunged in April by the most in records back to 1959, as the nationwide lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus hammered the housing market and broader economy.

With the coronavirus impact in full effect, a four-month streak of growth ended in April, according to Remax.

Pent-up demand is already pushing buyers to a gradual return to the market, the report asserts.

Homebuilder sentiment rose in May by more than forecast following a record slump a month earlier as a pickup in sales and demand expectations pointed to stabilization in the real estate market.

San Antonio's housing market is slowing down amid the coronavirus pandemic, but prices are still rising.

Santa Fe County bore the brunt of home sale declines in New Mexico, with a 34% wallop in April as the novel coronavirus took a bite out of homebuyers' and sellers' appetites.

Only 244 single-family homes were sold in Sonoma County, Calif., in April, down from 300 in March and 363 in April a year ago.

Sales of single-family homes plunged 19% in April, ending a nine-month string of year-over-year gains as Houston-area buyers and sellers hunkered down despite real estate transactions being considered an essential part of the economy.

While most work activities were halted in April to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, people continued to buy and sell real estate.

JPMorgan Chase's asset-management unit and joint-venture partner American Homes 4 Rent are betting on the Las Vegas rental market.

The economic contraction will keep mortgage rates low for the foreseeable future.

As businesses temporarily shut down and joblessness climbed to Depression-era levels, home sales in the metro area plunged last month, according to the Atlanta Realtors Association.

Stay-at-home orders dealt a heavy blow to home sales across the state in April, but they didn't knock the market off its feet, according to the Colorado Association of Realtors.

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

As the economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to widen, the Charlotte area housing market saw its largest drop in home sales last month in over a decade.

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.

Home prices fell slightly across Albuquerque, N.M., in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors is optimistic the slowdown will be short-lived.

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.