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Our Roundtable Pros Look to a Rosy Future for the Housing MarketThe panelists at our inaugural housing roundtable are positive about a slow—but eventual—rebound. Plus, four picks to watch.

More home sellers are sitting out of the spring housing marketNew listings in March were 20% lower than the same month last year, keeping home prices higher and competition strong.

Pending Home Sales SnapshotIn February 2023, pending home sales were up 0.8% month-over-month.

Existing-Home Sales Housing SnapshotFebruary 2023 brought 4.58 million in sales, a median sales price of $363,000, and 2.6 months of inventory. The median sales price is down 0.2% year-over-year, and inventory was up 0.9 months from February 2022.

Robert Shiller: Home prices are 'very, very high,' but might get cheaper in six monthsShiller helped create the Case-Shiller Home Price Index.

Baby boomers overtake millennials as prime homebuying generation - Atlanta Business ChronicleMillennials were the top homebuying generation for several years up to 2022.

Home prices cool in January, even falling in some cities, S&P Case-Shiller saysPrices have been falling for seven straight months, but the decline was a bit smaller in January likely due to a brief drop in mortgage rates.

Homes are less affordable than at any time since 2008The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says the pandemic has coincided with a historic deterioration in housing affordability.

The slumped housing market reaches a critical junctureThe new construction market is thawing—just look at builder cancellation rates.

Home sales spike 14.5% in February as the median price drops for the first time in over a decadeSales of previously owned homes rose 14.5% in February compared with January, according to a seasonally adjusted count by the National Association of Realtors.

‘Folks are looking for whatever they can get’: Purchasing a home this busy spring season? Realtors advise using these 5 tactics.While buyers have a lot less competition to deal with today than during the pandemic, there simply aren’t that many options.

Home Prices Fell in February for First Time in 11 YearsThe median existing-home price dropped 0.2% in February from a year earlier to $363,000.

How Buyers Can Up Their Chances in a Thawing Housing Market This SpringMortgage rates are hovering above 6% with more rate increases to come. Here are four strategies for how buyers can boost their odds of getting a house this spring.

Is Now a Good Time to Sell Your Home?The market still favors sellers, but buyers are more price-conscious than a year ago, real-estate agents say.

Housing Market Momentum Stalls as Critical Spring Season ApproachesRising interest rates are again squeezing affordability and driving mortgage applications to their lowest levels in decades.

Why the housing market is in increasingly big troubleCNBC's Diana Olick on why the housing market is in deep trouble. With CNBC's Sara Eisen and the Fast Money traders, Tim Seymour, Courtney Garcia, Jeff Mills and Steve Grasso

Fannie Mae: The housing market just pulled a head fakeThe housing market’s “relative high note” in January and February is likely to “prove temporary,” say Fannie Mae economists.

The U.S. housing market just took another hitThis week's seasonally adjusted Mortgage Purchase Application Index came in at the lowest level since 1995.

January 2023 Monthly Housing Market Trends ReportAccording to Realtor.com®’s January housing data, the number of homes for sale is continuing to grow compared to last year as time on market slows but home inventory is still below pre-pandemic levels.

In this volatile housing market, here's how to know when the bottom is inSigns are accumulating in the housing market that homebuyers waiting on a big price bust a la 2008 or mortgage-rate relief may not get what they want.

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Here's what's happening with home prices as mortgage rates fallHome price gains have been weakening over the past six months, but an increase in demand may change the picture.

Click on the different tabs of the dashboard for views on national, metro, and metro-county level housing affordability. A HOAM index value lower than 100 indicates that the median household income is insufficient to cover the annual costs of owning a median-priced home (the housing cost is greater than 30 percent of income). An index of 100 or greater indicates that the median household income is sufficient to cover the annual costs of owning a median-priced home (the housing cost is less than 30 percent of income).

Parcl Labs, 01.02.23

Market Update: Q4 Real Estate Prices Decline NationwideReal estate prices decline nationally in Q4; here we break down the players and how different regions are affected.

Redfin, 12.06.22

Housing Market Predictions 2023: A Post-Pandemic Sales Slump Will Push Home Prices Down For the First Time in a DecadeWe expect home sales to sink to their lowest level in more than a decade in 2023 as high mortgage rates keep housing costs up and prevent people from moving.

Zonda Home Market Update, Nov 2022

Fortune, 12.28.22

We're in the second biggest home price correction of the post-WWII era—here's the latest dataThe Fed's "difficult [housing] correction" has seen the U.S. housing market flip from inflation mode to deflation mode.

Bloomberg "Odd Lots" Podcast, 10.12.22

Transcript: This Is What 7% Mortgages Will Do to the Housing MarketWhat happens when demand and supply both plunge?

Corelogic

U.S. Home Price Insights - November 2022U.S. home price growth continued to relax on a year-over-year basis in September, posting an 11.4% increase.

Realtor.com

September 2022 Housing Market Trends Report - Realtor.com ResearchRealtor.com®’s September housing data release reveals that the housing market is continuing to moderate, with homes selling less quickly than last year, home inventory growth stalling, and listing price growth slowing.

National Association of Realtors

Housing StatisticsHousing statistics on the national, regional, and metro-market level where data is available.

New York Life Investments

Mapped: The Growth in U.S. House Prices by StateOn average, U.S. house prices grew by 18.7% from Q1 2021 to Q1 2022. How has price growth differed by state over various timeframes?

Freddie Mac

Housing and Economic ResearchFind all of Freddie Mac's original research and analysis on housing trends, the economy and the mortgage market here.

Redfin

Zillow

Potential home buyers and sellers continue to hesitate, prices continue to soften (August 2022 Market Report) - Zillow ResearchLack of affordability drives further price declines as rebalancing continues

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