The Latest Breaking News from Home Prices

At the heart of this upward revision is the persistent issue of limited housing supply.

In the eyes of Zillow economists, the lack of homes for sale is supporting home price growth.

The struggle between tight inventory and deteriorated affordability will see U.S. home prices end 2026 just 4.5% above the 2022 peak, predicts Goldman Sachs.

Housing economists say neither force should be ignored.

Morningstar: "Buyer exuberance during the pandemic, aided by ultralow borrowing costs, pushed home prices to an unmaintainable level in some markets."

Pantheon Macroeconomics: "We are baffled by the emerging narrative in the commentariat that housing is now recovering, because it isn’t."

Would-be homebuyers are willing to take on sharply higher mortgage payments, even as home prices have begun to pull back this year

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After a record-breaking run that saw mortgage rates plunge to all-time lows and home prices soar to new highs, the U.S. housing market finally started slowing in late 2022. Mortgage companies engaged in mass layoffs, real estate economists lamented a “housing recession” and home prices seemed poised for a correction.