The effects of the war in Iran are being felt all over the world, but in the U.S, one possibly overlooked casualty of the conflict is the housing market. President Donald Trump... Read more »
The spring selling season is seeing increasing inventory and lower home prices, according to the Realtor.com® Weekly Housing Trends report for the week ending March 26. Those factors combined favors buyers, but... Read more »
Home prices have been rising faster than paychecks nationwide—but that trend hasn’t played out evenly across the country. Since the first quarter of 2024, the national median home price has risen 8%... Read more »
While most homeowners appreciate having a nearby grocery store, the store’s true value may depend on which chain runs it. In neighborhoods where a Trader Joe’s opens, home prices outperform the national... Read more »
From BLS: Total nonfarm payroll employment edged down by 92,000 in February, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment in health... Read more »
A group of Senate Democrats introduced a bill to exempt home construction materials from tariffs, a move the National Association of Home Builders has pushed for. S. 3943 would automatically exempt a... Read more »
We intended to dig into LGI Homes’ fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings last week. Then the National Association of Home Builders’ International Builders’ Show happened in Orlando, and the days became a... Read more »
A delayed December new-home sales release showed a slight increase in 2025 over a year earlier, but median new-home sales prices decreased, reflecting a challenging homebuilding market weighed down by cost reductions,... Read more »