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Category: Home Buying and Selling

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Housing Starts Drop in November, Fall to 55% of 50-Year Average

Housing starts dropped in November, and the drop was more than due to more than October’s big inc...
bonnie
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Inventory and Price Watch: It’s Harder To Get Started

America’s starter-home shortage is worsening. The number of available homes for the average first...
Justin Wade
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Housing in 2017: Discouraged Democrats, Revived Republicans, and Middling Millennials

The outcome of the 2016 presidential election took many by surprise, and injected both optimism a...
bonnie
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Case-Shiller Surpasses Pre-Recession Peak in September, but Recovery Uneven

The National Case-Shiller Home Price Index surpassed its pre-recession peak in September, but cro...
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November New Home Sales Up, With Room To Grow

Looking past monthly volatility, the 12-month rolling total of new homes sales was the best in ov...
bonnie
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What Can Trump do to Further Increase Inventory and Home Sales?

While home sales slowly recover to their pre-recession average, tight inventory continues to plag...
bonnie
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November Housing Starts Jump but Have a Long Way to Go

Controlling for the number of household in the U.S., housing starts are only about 66% of their 5...
bonnie
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There Doesn’t Go the Neighborhood: Low-Income Housing Has No Impact on Nearby Home Values

Corrected Nov. 29 at 2 pm ET. See below. Some of the nation’s least affordable markets are also g...
Cheryl Young