Home sellers have been tiptoeing back into the housing market throughout 2013, and we’ve collected the most important traits of those sellers. We’ve been covering the National Association of Realtors’ Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends report pretty extensively

We keep hearing that mortgage lending standards are unfairly tight, but does the data support that meme? One of the more prevailing memes in the housing recovery has been the relative tightness of lending standards on residential mortgages, and

Not only were existing-home sales up by monthly and yearly measures in July, but housing inventory continued to stabilize as well. July was a rock solid month for existing-home sales, according to the latest data from the National Association

The downpayment remains the staple of most home financing; how are buyers, nowadays, funding their downpayments? Only 9 percent of homebuyers so far in 2013 have funded less than 50 percent of their home purchases with financing – which means

Residential construction posted great numbers in July, with housing starts, building permits and housing completions all in positive territory. July was a sterling month for residential construction, with all measured tracked by the Census Bureau posting positive numbers for

The rapid rise in home prices has been one of 2013’s major economic stories, but there’s mounting evidence that those increases will slow down – and soon. If there’s been a poster child for the housing recovery, it’s been

Builder confidence continued its upward trend in August, rising to its highest mark since 2005. August has proven another sterling month for homebuilders, with the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, the leading measure of builder

One of the more common housing memes, as of late, has been the end of suburbia: that because of the housing boom, and all the rampant suburban speculation that drove it, prospective homebuyers are opting for smaller units in

The second quarter was a spectacular one for Freddie and Freddie, but are such successes problematic for the government’s reform efforts? Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had mighty good second quarters – not only did the GSEs post respective

The nation’s mortgage markets continued to improve in 2013’s second quarter, with the MBA’s report being one of its most positive. The mortgage markets improved in several notable ways in the second quarter, according to the latest National Delinquency

Is Chicago among the busiest housing markets in the U.S.? A new report from Redfin shows how the Windy City stacks up to the competition. What are the busiest housing markets in the U.S.? That question was at the

June was yet another banner month for home prices in CoreLogic’s Home Price Index, but could home price gains be slowing down? Home prices continued their sterling performance in June, rising 11.9 percent year-over-year in the latest Home Price

Residential construction spending continued to lead the pack in June, posting strong year-over-year gains in the latest Census Bureau report. Overall construction spending may have down in June, but it was another great month for residential construction spending, which

The housing market has grown in many interesting ways so far this year, and agents will have some interesting details to consider for 2013’s second half. The housing market has cut an encouraging path the last six months. What

Homebuyers have a number of worries regarding the housing market, as the summer draws to a close; what lengths would they go, though, for that dream house? Earlier this week, we reported on the seven things that worry homebuyers

The nation’s foreclosure markets continued to improve in June, according to the latest report from CoreLogic. CoreLogic’s National Foreclosure Report for June brought further good news to the housing recovery, with foreclosure inventory and completed foreclosures both showing encouraging