The late-January snowstorm that blanketed large portions of the U.S. is now clearly visible in national housing data. After showing only mild effects the prior week, housing activity pulled back across several... Read more »
National population growth in the U.S. slowed dramatically in 2025 as international immigration declined under President Donald Trump, according to newly released estimates. The country’s total population grew by about 1.8 million... Read more »
Housing inventory growth has slowed from 33% year over year in mid-2025 to 10.0% today. The cooling marks the clearest end to the supply-shortage era and the beginning of a market where... Read more »
Despite the modest uptick, price growth remains near its weakest pace since mid-2023 and continues to trail consumer inflation. Annual gains were less than one-third of the 5.1% average home price increase... Read more »
With a recent interest rate decrease from the Fed and slowing inflation, consumers’ economic hopes saw a significant increase in September. Consumer sentiment rose 3.2% in September, from 67.9 in August to... Read more »
The overall critical defect rate for mortgages increased in the first quarter of 2024, ending five consecutive quarters of decline. But the increase itself was relatively modest and the share of loans... Read more »
For several weeks, I’ve been reporting data that shows the housing market growing in 2024. Those metrics, specifically the pace of new listings and new sales contracts, slowed this week. Our immediate... Read more »
Single-family rent prices in the United States only rose by 2.6% year over year in September, the lowest rent growth recorded in three years. That’s according to CoreLogic’s Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI),... Read more »
Weekly housing inventory data All I wanted for Thanksgiving and Christmas was just a few weeks of active inventory growth between 11,000 – 17,000. But even with mortgage rates getting as high... Read more »