U.S. Home-Price Growth Accelerated. Then Housing Market’s Momentum Was Hit by Coronavirus

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Metrics for home-price growth, homeownership, and existing-home sales were all on the upswing in February, but then the coronavirus came along and upended everything.

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U.S. Home-Price Growth Accelerated. Then Housing Market’s Momentum Was Hit by Coronavirus

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Metrics for home-price growth, homeownership, and existing-home sales were all on the upswing in February, but then the coronavirus came along and upended everything.

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New-Home Sales Plummeted in March. What Does This Mean for the Future?

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The number of new-home sales fell sharply in March. That was a swift fall as the stay-at-home orders and high jobless claims didn’t begin until late March.

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New-Home Sales Plummeted in March. What Does This Mean for the Future?

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The number of new-home sales fell sharply in March. That was a swift fall as the stay-at-home orders and high jobless claims didn’t begin until late March.

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Housing Regulator Takes Step to Ease Crunch at Mortgage-Finance Companies

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Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—A U.S. housing-finance regulator on Wednesday announced steps to ease strains on mortgage companies facing a cash crunch as millions of Americans suspend their monthly payments

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Housing Regulator Takes Step to Ease Crunch at Mortgage-Finance Companies

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Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—A U.S. housing-finance regulator on Wednesday announced steps to ease strains on mortgage companies facing a cash crunch as millions of Americans suspend their monthly payments

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Existing-Home Sales Slump 8.5% in March—but the Worst Is Yet to Come as the Coronavirus Hits the U.S. Housing Market

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Sales slowed in March before most states were under stay-at-home orders, suggesting even slower sales activity will be reflected in the data in future months.

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