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...AND IT COULD MAKE THE 2008 CRISIS LOOK SMALL. The U.S. has roughly $8.3 trillion in fixed rate mortgages, averaging just 4.6% interest, while new mortgage rates are around 7.4%.
American housing has spent three years doing the strangest thing a market can do: nothing.
In a surprising shift in the economics of homeownership, the cost of home insurance plus the weather-related portion of auto insurance now exceeds property taxes across three-quarters of U.S. counties.
The housing market in the United States has never been more paralyzed than it is right now. For years, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates at artificially low levels, and during that time most homeowners in this country were able to lock in fixed
And the housing market's annus horribilis continues (existing home sales near COVID lows, mortgage rates at three year highs, homebuilder confidence at GFC lows, homebuyer confidence at record lows, housing starts near COVID lows)...
Following the collapse of Homebuilder confidence (due to mortgage rates, war, and immigration apparently) and the still vast gap down to homebuyer confidence...
Housing activity has frozen as the average 30-year mortgage rate climbed from 6.2 percent last October to 7.4 percent this month, but a rate of 7 percent is historically unremarkable and only looks high because the Fed spent years suppressing rates w
September prices rose 0.6%, or 7.4% annualized. Peter Schiff explains why the Fed has already lost the inflation fight and housing is next.
Buyers are priced out, sellers stay put, and residential construction slows.
Socialist Americans are promising affordable housing through rent controls and government intervention. The evidence shows that these policies deliver the opposite.
Protesters battle Spanish police as demonstrations over the country's housing crisis escalate into violence hours after socialist PM announced snap election
Can the school enrollment cliff ease housing shortages?
Since February, mortgage rates have surged from 6.00 percent to 7.54 percent.
Britain has decided that leaving your own property empty for six months may now be sufficient reason for the government to begin taking control of it.
China's decision to extend the maximum term for individual home mortgages from 30 years to 40 years has received a lukewarm response from homebuyers.
What if a lightweight dome home could cost around $4,200 for the basic shell, handle intense sun exposure, resist weathering, and require far less exterior maintenance than a conventional house?
Opinion: Nearly half of adults under 30 live with their parents. The financial fallout could last for decades.
Discussions about an affordability crisis must start with the dramatic rise in housing costs, which can be traced in significant part to government restrictions on the natural right of private property.
Shipping containers aren't just for moving stuff around, and architects love to use them for all kinds of interesting ideas. With their compact dimensions and ease of transport, the metal boxes are tailor made for tiny homes
Are we seeing a US housing market foreclosure wave? We break down the latest 2026 data to see if a major shift is finally arriving.
The trends in housing all remain down: starts, permits, completions, and sales.
An Arizona man lost the home he bought for nearly half a million dollars after falling just $977 behind on homeowners association fees - with the property ultimately selling back to the HOA for a mere $8,172.
Existing home sales tumbled for the 3rd straight month in August, falling 2.0% MoM, sparking its biggest annual decline since January...
The stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenization business into Saudi Arabia, starting with institutional real estate assets with plans to expand to other asset classes.
A few years ago, St Paul, Minnesota passed the strictest rent control in the country.
"Developers realize that people are too poor to afford rent, much less the products that they're selling in these malls, so their solution is to repurpose the stores into these dystopian pods
Many families now face job losses, lost homes and crushing debt, all within a single punishing housing crisis
La-Z-Boy shares suffered their steepest decline in 4.5 years on Wednesday after the furniture maker's second-quarter guidance missed expectations, providing even more evidence that weak housing turnover has suppressed demand for big-ticket discretion
"Home prices are at record highs so houses for sale are sitting on the market longer, and fewer buyers are bidding above the asking price than a year ago, though there are large local market variations."
This timber retreat is small on home comforts but big on simple rustic charm. Designed to serve as a short-stay vacation home, it features a deliberately stripped-back interior that provides the basics needed for two people to relax, sleep, and enjoy
