Housing Market

Market commentator The Kobeissi Letter said on Thursday that U.S. housing starts, which track when construction officially begins on new residential buildings, fell sharply in May, signaling a slowdown in residential construction as both single-family and multifamily building activity weakened....

A bipartisan housing bill unveiled Tuesday and backed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) could block private equity firms from buying single-family homes, a move aimed at making homeownership more accessible for American families amid soaring housing costs. The legislation, called the 21st Century...

Homebuilder Lennar Corp (NYSE:LEN) reports second-quarter financial results Thursday after market close and looks to reverse recent downside for the stock. Here are the earnings estimates and key items to watch. Lennar Q2 Earnings Estimates Analysts expect Lennar to report second-quarter revenue of...

Logan Mohtashami, lead analyst at HousingWire, said the recent wave of acquisitions across the housing industry is not a signal of an imminent housing recovery but rather a long-term bet on the sector’s future growth cycle. Speaking on CNBC’s Closing Bell Overtime on Tuesday, Mohtashami...

New U.S. single-family home sales fell in April as elevated mortgage rates and affordability pressures continued weighing on buyers, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. New home sales declined 6.2% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 622,000 units...

Economist Mohamed El-Erian warned that U.S. housing affordability remains under severe pressure after sharing data showing homebuyers now spend roughly 42% of their income on housing costs. Citing the Burns Affordability Index referenced by The Wall Street Journal, El-Erian said the figure remains...

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose slightly in April as housing inventory improved, though affordability pressures continued limiting broader market activity. Existing-home sales increased 0.2% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million units in April, according to...

Florida suburbs are leading demand in the U.S. housing market as buyers increasingly search for affordability near major cities, according to a Redfin report published Wednesday ranking the hottest neighborhoods for 2026. Land O' Lakes and Plant City claimed the top two spots on the list, while...

The U.S. housing market is showing signs of a significant fracture as new home prices plummet to decade-long lows when adjusted for inflation, even as a surge in luxury sales creates a massive distortion in market data. A Market Weakening Beneath The Surface Fresh data from March reveals a cooling...

Wealthy transplants are reshaping Florida’s housing market, pushing out the middle class and the workers who keep the state’s economy running, according to a report. The average income of people moving to Florida from another state was $122,530, the highest among all U.S. states,...

The housing market isn't stuck—it's splitting in two. Buyers haven't disappeared; they've just become far more selective. And the data now shows a widening divide between homes that sell fast and those that simply sit—something The Wall Street Journal highlighted in its latest reporting. A 37-Day...

A WalletHub analysis released on Wednesday showed Hawaii has the highest housing cost burden in the U.S. Hawaiian homeowners spend 50.02% of their median monthly household income on housing, including mortgage and energy costs. California ranks second at 43%, followed by Massachusetts at 33.67%,...

The American housing market has more homes for sale than buyers willing to purchase them. But having options means little when most people still cannot afford to act. Sellers outnumber buyers by 43% nationally, the widest gap in nearly a decade, according to data from Redfin. Buyers technically...

The United States is facing a housing shortfall of at least 10 million single-family homes, according to the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in the White House's latest Economic Report of the President, published on Monday. The estimate is based on the long-term slowdown in homebuilding...

Billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross said that President Donald Trump’s administration has not done enough to address the U.S. housing affordability crisis, calling it "going to be the biggest issue going forward." The administration's efforts include a move to ban institutional...