Sales Up as Buyers Rush to Lock in Mortgage Rates

Determined home buyers looking to beat rising borrowing costs helped to lift existing-home sales last month.

 

Challenges Persist Despite End-of Year Gains on New-Home Sales

Buyers are turning to new-home construction due to limited inventory, but builders are grappling with supply issues.

 

New Home Sales Jump in November on High Consumer Demand

Housing demand was supported by low interest rates and strong consumer demand, despite the ongoing building materials challenges impacting the housing industry.

 

What Zillow, Wayfair, Yelp And 1st Dibs Are Predicting About Home Design Trends In 2022

Here's what interior designers and data have to say about how our homes will look in 2022.

 

Falling Immigration, Not Relocation Due To Covid-19, Is Hurting Cities

In spite of some media stories, America is at an historic low for household relocations. Urban population declines are driven by reduced international immigration.

 

For 2022’s Color Of The Year, Pantone Created A Surprising Departure

Very Peri, the color created for 2022 by Pantone, the international experts on all things hue-related, is decidedly purple.

 

Mortgage Rates Drop at Yearend

The market volatility resulting from the COVID-19 Omicron variant is causing mortgage rates to decrease.

 

Buying a Home in Today’s Market Can Lead to the 5 Stages of Grief—Here’s How To Survive Them

Buyers who compromise too much on what they want can experience anxiety and depression as a result.

 

US home prices surge 18.4% in October

The housing market continues to boom in the wake of last year’s coronavirus recession.

 

New home sales jump 12.4% in November, highest in 7 months

The November increase pushed the seasonally adjusted annual sales pace to 744,000 last month, the best showing since reaching 796,000 in April.

 

November 2021 REALTORS® Confidence Index Report: First-time Buyer Share Falls to 26% in November With Nearly 1 Million Renter Households Priced Out of the Market

Many first-time buyers continue to struggle to move into homeownership amid sustained price growth and competition from all-cash buyers.

 

November 2021 Existing Home Sales Increase for Third Consecutive Month

NAR released a summary of existing-home sales data showing that housing market activity this November increased 1.9% from October 2021.

 

S&P/Case-Shiller OR-Portland Home Price Index

 

S&P/Case-Shiller WA-Seattle Home Price Index