National growth in home values continues to decelerate, with prices now falling in more than half of the 20 major metro areas tracked by a key index. The value of single-family homes in the U.S. as measured by repeat transactions rose 1.3% in September compared to a year earlier, according to data from the S&P Cotality … Read more
A bombshell study has identified rising housing costs as the the primary driver of falling fertility rates in the United States, underscoring the widespread impact of the housing crisis on the nation’s changing demographics. Rising housing costs were responsible for 51% of the total U.S. fertility rate decline between the 2000s and 2010s, according to … Read more
Pending home sales remained flat in September despite a healthy decline in mortgage rates, in an early sign of continued weakness for the fall home buying season. Signed contracts for existing homes were unchanged last month from August, and down 0.9% from a year ago, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of … Read more