Thanks to a lack of sale inventory, home-price gains held steady in May despite rising mortgage rates and growing affordability challenges.
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Young People Don’t Want Construction Jobs. That’s a Problem for the Housing Market.
Disinterest in construction work is contributing to a labor shortage that has meant fewer homes built and rising prices—possibly for years to come.
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Mortgage Rates Tick Down, But Can Borrowers Seize the Opportunity?
So far this year, rates for home loans ticked down as the bond market moved sideways and the housing market made little headway.
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Buyer Traffic Rising as Real-Estate Agents Report Concern Over Mortgage Rates, Inventory
Just when you thought the housing market couldn’t get any hotter, the prospect of rising mortgage rates had buyers even more frenzied in March, according to a report out Friday.
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Pending-Home Sales Tumble to a 3-Year Low as Housing ‘Crisis’ Worsens
The January figures don’t bode well for February home sales data, nor the overall economy.
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Housing Market Labor Shortage Eases
A labor shortage that has hampered the construction industry for most of the housing market’s five-year recovery is showing signs of easing.
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News Flash: The Housing Market Hasn’t Rebounded Everywhere in the U.S.
Home values rose in 97 out of the 100 largest metros in 2016. But they hit new highs in only 41 of those markets and were down 15% or more in 32 metros.
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Pending-Home Sales Decline Again, Deepening Housing Market Funk
A gauge of home purchase contract signings slumped for a second month in April, another sign the housing market is still struggling.
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Slow and Steady Growth Wins the Race for Home Building—and the Economy
The home-building recovery has been slow and steady – and housing construction isn’t yet fully healed. That’s probably a good thing.
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