Tag Archives: Housing Market

The increasing cost of rental housing is prompting a larger number of consumers to go searching for a home to buy.

With both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac downwardly revising their projected economic growth for the full year of 2016, what do they expect for housing?

The housing market is facing constrained inventory and price appreciation that is outpacing wage growth. But that may not be a problem, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said.

Recovery nationwide is rising at a steady pace and is inching closer to the last-observed state of normalcy in the housing market, according to data from the National Association of Home Builders.

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.

Some of the hottest housing markets may be slowing down, while those that have been slow to rebound are finally heating up.

As the GSE conservatorship surges forward with no hope for reform in the near term, many in the industry cannot help but wonder what will happen next.

Global market turmoil coupled with supply and demand troubles have not been enough to restrain home sales, which continue remain on a strong path supported by positive labor gains.

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?

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.