Tag Archives: Housing Inventory

New data shows a considerable drop in the number of homes available for purchase, as well as a significant year-over-year increase in home prices.

In a year’s-end look at the U.S. housing market, Trulia found that no other issue dictated the course and nature of market as much as a lack of places to buy.

With fewer homes for sale on the market over the past year, housing demand has also experienced a decline.

Fewer homes for sale over the past year have driven prices up faster than expected.

National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun talks with DS News about his forecast for the housing market for the remainder of 2016 as well as such topics as inventory, affordability, wage growth, and delinquency rates.

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.

According to the National Association of Realtors, low inventory, affordability, and tight credit are still plaguing the housing market. But NAR President Tom Salomone says he has the solution.

In this installment of Ask the Economist, Genworth Mortgage Insurance Chief Economist Tian Liu offers his forecast for the housing market in the rest of 2016—and why he thinks inventory will pick up.

Pending home sales have improved for 18 straight months, but is the news all good?

Many housing experts and industry analysts have been talking about it for months, and it remains a problem.