Realtor Confidence has not only soared in 2013, but as of April, more than doubled from 2012. Home prices and home sales have been on the rise in 2013, and the latest analysis from the National Association of Realtors

Were reports of the McMansion’s death greatly exaggerated? New Census Bureau data would seem to suggest so. The housing downturn negatively impacted just about ever aspect of the housing market, though there was one impact of the downturn in

The CoreLogic Home Price Index surprised analysts with a stronger-than-expected, 12.1 percent hike in April, with even better numbers expected for May. The CoreLogic Home Price Index exceeded expectations again in April, with home prices leaping 12.1 percent year-over-year

Does new foreclosure slang fit in with the latest real estate trends? We’ve heard of “short sales,” “shadow sales” and “cure rate.” Now, two other phrases have been used to describe some of today’s real estate trends: “zombie foreclosures”

Construction spending in April rose 4.3 percent from the year before, though residential construction was a bit more tepid by comparison. April was another solid month for construction spending in the U.S. economy, with overall construction spending for the

Housing inventory has fallen precipitously the last couple years, but has it finally bottom now in 2013? It’s the question on everyone’s mind nowadays – when will housing inventory finally stop falling? Indeed, low housing inventory levels have wreaked

Buying a home has become more manageable and expected to stay this way for 30 more years The latest studies are showing that buying makes more sense financially than renting, according to the KCM Blog. The latest Existing-Home Sales

The Pending Home Sales Index was up more than 10 percent in April, rising to its highest mark since the expiration of the first-time homebuyer tax credit. April was a solid month for pending home sales, with the Pending

The “wage gap” is among the more prominent topics in gender equality, and new Census Bureau numbers suggest real estate has an issue with the topic. The “wage gap,” which addresses the difference in pay that men and women

Immigration reform has been a hot topic the last month or so, though the politics of the issue obscures one main fact: that immigration is good for housing! U.S. immigration policy has always been among the more prominent issues

Some overzealous folks have begun throwing around the “bubble” word in their coverage of the current housing market, but such statements are way off. Home prices on the national scale have been doing quite well in recent months; in

New home sales in April increased from last March and exceeded economists’ expectations New home sales for the month of April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000, up 10,000 from last March, according to the latest

Though existing-home sales posted yearly and monthly increases in April, they were held back by low housing inventory and tight lending standards…or so we’re told! Existing-home sales in April may have increased 0.6 percent from March and 9.7 percent

Generation Y, the 80 million or so Americans born between 1979 and 1995, are expected to reverse the last 60 years or so of housing policy in the U.S. One of the more persistent questions among housing analysts is

The housing market cannot truly recover without a healthy mortgage market, but new research from LPS shines an optimistic light on the topic. Homes sales are up, inventory has stabilized, and by many accounts, new construction it putting up

The year 2012 was a very good year for Realtors, with both business activity and incomes up for the second straight year, according to the latest member profile from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). That’s after nine straight