In a fast-paced housing market, buyers have to move quickly. That means making big decisions without much time to think. It can be...

Affordability is always a top concern for home buyers. That's no surprise. Buying a home is a major financial transaction and you want to...

Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group releases a forecast each month detailing the group's view of where the housing market...

The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices are among the leading measures of U.S. home prices. The indices cover all nine census divisions...

You can tell a lot about the housing market by watching the balance of supply and demand. When there are too few homes for sale, the...

Sales of existing homes were relatively flat in August from the month before, according to new numbers from the National Association of...

Summer's great for a lot of reasons, but it may not be the best time to buy a home. A hot summer market means competition, higher prices,...

ATTOM Data Solutions' recently released Special Housing Risk Report took a look at county-level housing markets across the country and...

Conditions are better for buyers when there are more homes for sale. That's why it's good news that active listings are finally moving...

You can tell a lot about home buyers by what – and where – home builders are building homes. Their business depends on giving buyers what...

Each month, Fannie Mae asks Americans how they feel about the housing market, mortgage rates, prices, and whether it's a good time to buy...

Home sales are a good way to measure how many buyers are active in the housing market. But home sales only count the buyers who've found...

When homes are selling quickly, home buyers need to be prepared. If they aren't, they risk losing a home they're interested in to a...

There's a reason it's called a seller's market. When there are too few homes for sale and plenty of buyers, home seller's set the terms....

Measuring the number of contracts to buy homes signed in a given month will give you a good idea of what the following month's home sales...

The housing market has gotten a little easier for buyers lately. Listings are lasting longer and home-price increases have slowed. It's...

Sales of previously owned homes fell 5.9 percent in July, according to new numbers from the National Association of Realtors. The decline...