Real Estate

The policy made new home construction ineligible for USDA or FHA-backed mortgages unless it complied with ‘burdensome’ energy conservation standards.

The national housing price index rose 0.7 percent year over year in February.

Demand for office space is rising even as office-using employment remains below 2022 levels, according to an analysis.

D.R. Horton expects its incentive levels to remain elevated and increase further.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate has dipped to 6.23 percent, according to Freddie Mac.

The gap between sold homes and active listings reached its widest March level since 2020, according to Zillow.

Still, the spring U.S. housing market remains ‘unseasonably slow.’

Raw land with no prior development has appreciated the most of any category, rising by 86.5 percent since the first quarter of 2019.

New reports show that tech worker migration and mass layoffs have pushed Austin’s once-heated housing market toward balance.

Most young people cited good pay and the opportunity to gain useful skills as the main reasons for choosing this career.

In some markets, homeownership makes more sense than renting as costs are similar, while in expensive coastal areas, many potential buyers must rent.

Redfin said the city’s booming tech sector and tight inventory helped make it the nation’s most expensive major metro.

The number of properties with a foreclosure filing was up by 26 percent year over year.

More than 60 percent of builders said suppliers have raised prices of building materials due to higher fuel costs.

‘The very gradual erosion is a sign of just how durable the lock-in [effect] is,’ Realtor.com’s Hannah Jones said.

The new numbers prompted the National Association of Realtors to downgrade its forecast of existing home sales growth for the full year to a modest 4 percent.

The 2026 Economic Report of the President cites a six-figure ‘bureaucrat tax’ as a key driver of higher costs of building a new home.

The average effective tax rate on single-family residences was 0.9 percent, the highest since 2020, according to ATTOM.

The sellers reduced their listing prices by an average of 7.3 percent, the highest for any February since 2023.

Growth in the number of advanced industry companies in the state has slowed significantly, according to a Chapman University report.

The policy made new home construction ineligible for USDA or FHA-backed mortgages unless it complied with ‘burdensome’ energy conservation standards.

The national housing price index rose 0.7 percent year over year in February.

Demand for office space is rising even as office-using employment remains below 2022 levels, according to an analysis.

D.R. Horton expects its incentive levels to remain elevated and increase further.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate has dipped to 6.23 percent, according to Freddie Mac.

The gap between sold homes and active listings reached its widest March level since 2020, according to Zillow.

Still, the spring U.S. housing market remains ‘unseasonably slow.’

Raw land with no prior development has appreciated the most of any category, rising by 86.5 percent since the first quarter of 2019.

New reports show that tech worker migration and mass layoffs have pushed Austin’s once-heated housing market toward balance.

Most young people cited good pay and the opportunity to gain useful skills as the main reasons for choosing this career.

In some markets, homeownership makes more sense than renting as costs are similar, while in expensive coastal areas, many potential buyers must rent.

Redfin said the city’s booming tech sector and tight inventory helped make it the nation’s most expensive major metro.

The number of properties with a foreclosure filing was up by 26 percent year over year.

More than 60 percent of builders said suppliers have raised prices of building materials due to higher fuel costs.

‘The very gradual erosion is a sign of just how durable the lock-in [effect] is,’ Realtor.com’s Hannah Jones said.

The new numbers prompted the National Association of Realtors to downgrade its forecast of existing home sales growth for the full year to a modest 4 percent.

The 2026 Economic Report of the President cites a six-figure ‘bureaucrat tax’ as a key driver of higher costs of building a new home.

The average effective tax rate on single-family residences was 0.9 percent, the highest since 2020, according to ATTOM.

The sellers reduced their listing prices by an average of 7.3 percent, the highest for any February since 2023.

Growth in the number of advanced industry companies in the state has slowed significantly, according to a Chapman University report.