Market Studies

Affordable monthly mortgage payments, positive home values, and competition are attracting first-time homebuyers to these 10 markets.

Inconsistencies in the economy during the first quarter have not dampened Freddie Mac’s forecast for housing for the coming year. Freddie Mac has held fast to its prediction that 2016 will be the best year for housing since before the crisis. Why is the outlook for housing so rosy?

Analysts have taken note of the inconsistent economic activity in the first quarter, and now consumers are starting to notice as well.

With many analysts early in the year having predicted a robust spring season for the housing market, the question remains as to whether or not that will come to pass after a few months of inconsistency to start 2016.

Home prices have been consistently rising for the last few years and although the pace has slowed, they are still ticking upward in these 10 housing markets.

Why is the housing market expected to have such a solid year when the estimates for Q1 economic growth are being downwardly revised? Freddie Mac has the answer.

Financial hardships are keeping Americans tossing and turning at night, and mortgages are one the top concerns causing sleeplessness, according to a new CreditCards.com poll.

Although home prices continued their upward trek all over the country, they are doing so at a much slower pace, according to data on the recent U.S. House Price Index (HPI) released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

The pace of economic growth varied throughout the 12 Federal Reserve districts. What trends developed in residential real estate?

Bargains are hard to find in the housing market these days, but the incentives are still there for private investors.