The long-running shortage of workers in the homebuilding trades hasn’t dented business confidence as much as expected.

Officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve voted to reduce the central bank’s key interest rate target for the first time since the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, in hopes that it would prevent a global economic slowdown from

Atlanta is one of the top metros in the country for gaining more new residents than it loses, as shown by a July 30 migration report by Redfin. The net inflow of Redfin users headed to Atlanta was 6,113 during

The National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sales Index broke a 17-month streak of year-over-year declines to log an annual increase in June. Last month also marked the second month in a row in which nationwide pending home sales

New York-based brokerage Compass just got yet another burst of funding—to the tune of $370 million. The latest funding round was announced Tuesday, and brings the total valuation of the company to $6.4 billion, a significant boost from the

As housing costs have continued to grow faster than the average buyer’s income, more are tapping into resources that can lower the substantial up-front costs of purchasing a home. But that could bring some major changes and a degree

BoomTown introduces new lead-gen tech Real estate sales and marketing platform BoomTown announced two new tools in its platform this week. The first is Success Assurance, which was created to help agents generate, qualify, and manage leads that are

A panel of economists and experts estimates that the longest period of economic expansion on record has a good chance of ending next year.  In their quarterly home price expectations survey, Zillow and Pulsenomics polled over 100 real estate

A new survey of agents across the industry commissioned by Redfin paints a picture of an industry in transition and perhaps in the midst of some soul-searching. The survey, the first of its kind overseen by Redfin, was done

Families may move for a number of reasons, like a new job or an expanding household. Of course, plenty of homebuyers seek out a home in advance of starting a family, too. Findings from WalletHub’s research compared more than 180

While sales of previously owned homes continue to underwhelm, housing market analysts are feeling more optimistic about sales of newly-built homes. The U.S. Census Bureau reported new-home sales in June came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of

The national existing-home market nearly gave up the ground won in May with a less-than-stellar showing for June sales, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales of existing homes in June came in 1.7 percent below the previous

  Elegant Homes LLC of Atlanta has planned to develop 19 single-family attached and detached homes in the historic Druid Hills neighborhood on three acres on Briarwood Drive, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports.  Plans have been filed with Dekalb

The only thing you can’t buy through Amazon is a house—right? No longer, apparently. Amazon and Realogy have partnered to offer a new service called TurnKey, which will match homebuyers with agents and offer users up to $5,000 in

Millennial homebuyers are a critical demographic for the housing market: They are now the largest generational cohort in the U.S. with a large share of them now of prime homebuying age. Millennials are currently in an age range in

The pace of growth in home improvement spending could soon slow to a crawl. That’s according to a new estimate by the Remodeling Futures Program at Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, which projects that spending on remodeling will