Ten charts that illustrate a record year for the U.S. housing market, including the highest home prices and lowest supply of all time.

Young people in the U.S are finding it increasingly difficult to buy a home of their own

The share of first-time homebuyers fell to 26% in November 2021, the lowest since January 2014. Around 24% of existing homes were purchased with all cash--only 7% of first-time home buyers could afford this approach compared to 30% of non-first-time buyers.

And what is the Risk to Housing Market

As of Dec. 24, housing inventory fell from 437,000 during the prior week to 310,000, a decline of 29%. Inventory bottomed out in April 2021.

Rental prices for single-family homes rose 10.9% on average, a three-fold increase over October 2020. Rent increases were highest in Miami (29.7%), followed by Phoenix (19.3%) and Las Vegas (16.5%).

The national median value of a mobile home in 2019 was $53,000, about $180,000 less than a traditional home. That was a 39% spike over the median value in 2014, while traditional homes rose by 33% over those five years.

Single-family homes represented a record 74% of investor purchases. Low-priced properties made up 36% of purchases, an all-time low.

The dangerous allure of using easy anecdotes to explain complex problems

The US Housing Market has never been more expensive in 2021. Home prices are at an all-time high relative to wages and rents. Home buyers and real estate inv...

Changes to the National Flood Insurance Program are about to take effect, and they are not good news for people living near the water.

Surging rents and low mortgage rates mean that the monthly cost of buying a starter home is more affordable than renting in nearly half of the biggest housing markets across the country.

What is happening? Why? And what will happen.

States with a large number of renters at risk of eviction and very few vacant homes for rent could see the biggest disruptions to their housing markets.

Home prices in the U.S. are now 41% higher than their last peak during the housing boom in 2006.

ADUs are small housing structures that share a lot with a traditional, single-family home.

'Things are going in the wrong direction for buyers,' the report author wrote.

Large rent increases and bidding wars on rentals are the new norm in some parts of America as reopening comes with big price hikes.

Survivalism, stimulus and the search for space make it easy to ignore warning signs.

Housing costs are shooting higher across America because there are too few.

A sharp increase in existing-home prices kept more buyers on the sidelines, contributing to the fourth straight month of declining sales of previously owned homes.

The very features that made houses an affordable and stable investment are coming to an end.

Some residents have left the state, but many others have just moved out of big cities in search of more space and lower prices, creating hot spots in the suburbs and the once-sleepy exurbs.

California was a pioneer in minimum parking mandates, which drive up housing costs and climate emissions. Now the state is ready to lead the nation in reclaiming our cities from parking lots.

“Whisper listings,” made directly to select customers, are growing at a time when housing inventory is near record lows.

As part of the new home sales report released yesterday, the Census Bureau reported the number of homes sold by price and the average and me...