High Rates, Low Supply Hinder Home Buying This Summer
Existing home sales, which make up most of the housing market, decreased 3.3% in June from the prior month to...
Home Buying & Selling
Home Prices Slid in September for Third Straight Month
EconomyU.S. EconomyCase-Shiller index fell 1% in September from August amid higher interest rates Source link
Buying a Home Gets Easier in a Cooler Market—for Those Who Can Afford It
The potent mix of challenges facing buyers has slowed the housing market, but millions of homes are still changing hands...
Everyone’s a Landlord—Small-Time Investors Snap Up Out-of-State Properties
Jack Cronin found San Francisco-area homes too expensive or too far from the city center to buy when he lived...
What It Takes to Buy Your First Home Now
Dylan Holland and Breanna Cameron started shopping for their first home in the Atlanta suburbs in December 2021, with a...
Homeowner Groups Seek to Stop Investors From Buying Houses to Rent
Small groups of neighborhood volunteers are blocking companies from buying single-family homes, rewriting homeownership rulebooks to thwart investor purchases of...
Interest-Rate Surge Ripples Through Economy, From Homes to Car Loans
The Fed’s moves to chill inflation have driven up bond yields and many other borrowing costs linked to them. So...
Home Sales Fell in February Amid Tight Supply, Rising Mortgage Rates
Sales of previously owned homes declined in February as rising mortgage-interest rates and a shortage of homes for sale made...
Tight Supply is Limiting Home Sales at Start of Spring
The record-low number of homes on the market is limiting purchases heading into the spring selling season. Home sales typically...
