George Rose/Getty Images Construction on new homes declined unexpectedly last month, in a troubling sign for homebuyers already grappling with a dearth of homes for sale. Housing starts dropped 14.7% in March from February, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.321 million, according to data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The number of homes going under contract was a mixed bag across the country, with monthly gains in the Midwest and South and a slump in the higher-priced Northeast and West regions. Nationwide, pending home sales rose a modest 1.6% in February from the prior month, according to data from the National

Scott Olson/Getty Images Home prices reached a new record high in early 2024. Nationwide, home prices rose 6% in January from a year earlier, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index released on Tuesday. That was the biggest year-over-year increase since November 2022. “U.S. home prices continued their drive higher,” Brian D.

Getty Images The price of newly built homes plunged last month as homebuilders sought ways to attract buyers who are feeling the pinch of higher mortgage rates. The median sales price of a newly constructed home dropped 7.6% year over year, to $400,500 in February, according to a report on Monday from the U.S. Census

Getty Images More folks snapped up newly built homes last month thanks to lower mortgage rates. The number of new homes for sale and sold in December jumped 8% compared with just one month earlier, according to a recent government report. Sales rose 4.4% year over year, according to the seasonally adjusted numbers in the

Getty Images The numbers: U.S. pending home sales shot up in December as falling mortgage rates brought buyers back into the market. Pending home sales rose 8.3% in December from the previous month, according to the monthly index released Friday by the National Association of Realtors. Pending home sales reflect transactions where the contract has been

Mario Tama/Getty Images Home-price growth accelerated in November as the inventory of homes for sale remained unusually low. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, which measures home prices across the nation, rose 5.1% from a year earlier in November, compared with a 4.7% annual increase the prior month. On a month-over-month basis, the index

Micah Green/Bloomberg via Getty Images The numbers: Construction of new U.S. homes fell 14.8% in January as home builders scaled back new projects. The pace of construction slowed as builders curtailed their activity amid wintry weather in the U.S. in January. Housing starts fell to a 1.33 million annual pace from 1.56 million in December, the

Getty Images The numbers: Home sales rose in January as home buyers jumped on mortgage rates that were below 7% at the start of the year. Sales activity rose to the highest level since August. Sales of previously owned homes rose by 3.1% to an annual rate of 4 million in January, the National Association of

Getty Images The numbers: Sales of newly built homes in the U.S. inched up in January, even as mortgage rates rose. U.S. new-home sales rose 1.5% to an annual rate of 661,000 in January, from a revised 651,000 in the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Monday. The number is seasonally adjusted and refers to how