Naturally, home prices are the housing market data most important to potential home buyers and sellers. Before mortgage rates, inventory, time on market, or any other measure, buyers and sellers want to know where prices are and where they're headed. This makes sense, after all. If you're selling a house, …

In March, when the pandemic took hold and things started shutting down, many home buyers and sellers put their spring plans on hold. The start of the housing market's typical sales season was delayed indefinitely as Americans took a wait-and-see attitude. Now, three months later, local economies have reopened and …

Buying a home takes a while. But though the process takes several weeks, you won't necessarily have a lot of time to deliberate once you've found a house you like. In most cases, you have to make an offer quickly or you'll risk losing the home to another buyer. That's …

New home sales are a good indicator of what's currently happening in the housing market. This is due to the fact that they're counted when a contract to buy is signed, rather than at closing like existing-home sales. That's also why new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau and the …

When stay-at-home orders became widespread in March, it would've been safe to assume that the economic shutdown and ensuing uncertainty would cause prospective home buyers to put their plans on hold. And they did, for a while. But now, just a few months later, it looks like staying in has …

Before you start looking at homes, you have to make some decisions. Where you'd like to live should be among the first. After all, you can't begin to calculate the costs and whether or not you can afford them without knowing what areas you'll be targeting. For example, would you …

If you've ever had a pet, you know that they quickly become a member of the family. And, for most pet owners, keeping them healthy, happy, and comfortable is important. That much isn't a surprise. What may be, though, is just how much pet owners make them a priority. For …

The housing market, like any market, is a balance of supply and demand. That means, conditions are a reflection of how many buyers and sellers there are, rather than the strength or weakness of the overall economy. For example, when coronavirus mitigation efforts shut down much of the country's economy, …

The coronavirus and efforts to slow its spread have caused big changes to Americans' day-to-day routine. From becoming more reliant on delivery services to doing more of our own cooking, we've had to rethink the way we live our lives and get things done. Among those changes, working from home …

New numbers from the National Association of Realtors show homes for sale sold quickly in April. In fact, the typical property was on the market for just 27 days, with 56 percent of homes selling in less than a month. But while homes for sale didn't stay on the market …