The impact of lower mortgage rates on housing inventory

Year-over-year housing inventory growth has slowed to single digits, from 33% at one point last year to 9.99%. 2026 is off and running, and we had another crazy week of… Read more »

Multi-Family Housing Starts Down in October; Single-Family Starts Rise

Privately owned housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,246,000, 4.6% below the revised September estimate of 1,306,000 and 7.8% below the October 2024 rate… Read more »

Why did the growth rate of housing inventory drop by half this year?

This is the final Housing Market Tracker article for 2025 and we’re going to tackle why the inventory growth rate has been cut in half this year. At one point,… Read more »

NAR economist predicts post-shutdown real estate ‘boom’

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said Friday there could be a brief bump in home sales after the government shutdown. Here are the other market forces he’s watching.

If “free money” broke housing before, a 50-year mortgage will finish the job

Slip out the back, Jack!Make a new plan, Stan. You don’t need to be coy, Roy. Just get yourself free. As Paul Simon sang in the song “50 Ways to Leave Your… Read more »