Housing

A tax on high-end real estate transactions in the city starts on April 1.

This new study uncovers what the most common home buying mistakes Americans are, the things that need repairing first in the home and the cost attached.

Although the need for space was high during 2020 and 2021, apartments in 2022 saw the largest decrease in size in the last 10 years.

Housing costs can be a big portion of a budget. How does your community compare to the national average? Answer: $535,800 as of Jan 26, 2023 Average sales price of new homes sold in the United States from 1965 to 2022 Questions: How has the cost of housing trended over the last 60 years? Why do you think that is?

As housing costs continue to rise, the research team at Today’s Homeowner examined recent data to better understand how mortgage payments compare to incomes across the country.

Corporations backed by private equity groups such as Blackstone and Pretium Partners bought tens of thousands of homes across the U.S. Sun Belt.

Hundreds of cities and towns are seriously short of housing, both homes to buy and rentals, according to a new study. It's the main reason that home prices and rents are so high.

Birthed by the housing crisis, can a push to build more homes become the centerpiece of a political coalition?

Moody’s Analytics CRE closely monitors housing affordability across the nation. Our economists share the latest findings from Q4 2022.

Fasten your seatbelt: The housing market is in for a bumpy five-year ride.

Graph and download economic data for S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index from Jan 1987 to Oct 2022 about HPI, housing, price index, indexes, price, USA, and composite.

Maxwell Frost, who became the first Gen Z candidate to be elected to the U.S. House in November, says Congress has a serious problem of accessibility for people who don't come from wealth.

A growing body of research shows the Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI) leads survey-based average rent indexes, including the rent component of the Consumer Price Index, by up to 12 months.

Rents in October rose 4.7% compared with October 2021, the slowest annual increase in 18 months, according to Realtor.com.

Inflated mortgage rates are barring millions of Americans from homeownership. Learn more in our study on current affordability trends in the U.S. housing market.

10%+ Nominal Price Declines Now Seem Likely

The average American home is around 2,000 square feet. Here's how that size shrinks and expands in each American state.

In 2021, a standard 30-year fixed mortgage in the US could be had for somewhere around 3%. Today that number is closer to 7%.

A bull run that began after the final crisis comes to an end as higher mortgage rates cool the real estate market.

And six charts to help you navigate it.

Wharton professor Fernando Ferreira explained that he doesn’t think the housing market is in a recession in a recent Knowledge@Wharton article. So what story can we tell from the data we are seeing?   EconExtra is a series of posts that go beyond the textbook, relating current events and recent developments in economics to content standards, and providing resource suggestions to help you incorporate the current events into your lessons   The Headlines Mortgage rates just surpassed 6%--double the rate from a year ago, and demand for mortgages has dropped 29% from last year (NYT). New home sales were down 30% year-over-year in July (CNN).

Commercial real estate is struggling (and this is why it matters to you).

This article was originally published on Mar 7 at 8:39pm EST by THE CITY Worried that the pandemic has made too many Manhattan office buildings obsolete, real estate interests have convinced Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul to join an effort to ease conversions to residential use south of 60th Street. The push to convert office space into apartments…

Business economists and analysts, check out our new interactive home affordability tool.

Many Sears kit homes, which were ordered from a catalog and built by the homeowner in the early 1900s, remain standing throughout Chicagoland, evoking a sense of nostalgia for better times in the department store’s history.

Square footage has increased but income didn't get the memo.