Last year was an unusual year for the housing market. Expectations of a busy spring sales season were dashed when the coronavirus took hold and mitigation efforts caused interested buyers to delay their plans. But what looked like it may have been a lost year turned into something entirely different. …

The number of previously owned homes sold last year was the most in any year since 2006, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors. Sales of existing homes reached 5.64 million in 2020, a 5.6 percent increase over the year before. Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist, …

The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices have been considered among the leading measures of US home prices for decades. According to their most recent release, prices are still rising, continuing a streak that dates back to last summer. In fact, the data – which covers home values through the end …

Your credit score is the kind of thing that's easy to forget about until you need it. It doesn't seem to matter much, until it's the difference between getting approved for a loan and being denied. Fortunately, if you check your score and do what you can to improve it, …

Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group releases a forecast each month looking at what's ahead for the housing market and overall economy. According to their most recent release, there's reason to be optimistic. For one, the group sees the economy bouncing back this year. The combination of warmer weather …

Home prices have been increasing for a while now. And, with for-sale inventory still well below normal levels, they'll likely continue to increase. So it'd be easy to get the impression that buying a home in 2021 would be far more expensive than renting a home. But, according to ATTOM …

How we buy homes has undergone a significant transformation in the past year. The proof is in newly released data that shows a record number of recent home buyers made an offer on a home without having ever visited it in person. The numbers, from an online real-estate portal, show …

Remote work has Americans spreading out and the trend doesn't look like it's going anywhere any time soon. More and more, Americans are moving further from city centers and into suburbs and exurbs. In fact, according to one recent survey, two-thirds of participants said they either already had, or would …

The number of homes for sale was already low at the beginning of 2020. It only got worse from there. The pandemic, along with surging buyer demand, led to fewer choices and higher prices for hopeful home buyers. Homes sold quickly as competition spiked. But where was for-sale inventory at …

Home design trends, by their nature, come and go. There's always a hot new color or a must-have fashion. And just as quickly as they appear, they're erased and replaced with the next hot new thing. But when you ask home buyers and homeowners what they want from their homes …