The Latest Breaking News from Home Prices

As mortgage rates hit fresh highs, there's something unusual going on with the real estate market.

"The affordable housing problem is going to stick around no matter what."

Rising home prices and mortgage rates have made it more difficult for many first-time homebuyers and have pushed some to consider alternative forms of financing. A survey out of Pew Charitable Trusts found that Hispanic homebuyers are the most likely to pursue nontraditional financing, which is almost always riskier than…

Sky-high home prices are driving younger buyers out of the market.

Australian home prices have fallen nationally for the first time in at least 20 months, according to two leading monthly indices, although many parts of the country are still in a property boom.

The housing market caught fire in 2020 as Americans decided en masse that they wanted homes and were willing to pay for them.

The California economy may seem healthy on the surface, with home prices soaring, Silicon Valley booming and the state government posting big multi-year state budget surpluses thanks to a massive surge in capital gains tax revenues and income tax revenues from tech stocks.

The homebuilding market has benefited since the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset amid robust demand and skyrocketing home prices. With housing demand likely to remain strong, we think the price dip in the stocks of fundamentally sound homebuilding companies NVR, Inc. (NVR) and Cavco Industries (CVCO) could be an ideal investment opportunity.…

The Case-Shiller Home Price index jumped 19.8% in the 12 months through February.