High home prices and mortgage rates are joined by plenty of economic uncertainty.

“My mortgage loan guy said the VA would have denied us getting the amount of the loan that we wanted without my wife's income in part as well,” said Eric Reineman. Two weeks later, they tied the knot.

With stocks down lately, some folks are spending less. But more consumers may feel bolstered by healthy home values and a stable job market.

The average age of a homebuyer is also going up.

Applications for mortgages at Bank of America increased about 20% more than typical between January and March. Here’s what that says about the housing market.

Amid elevated interest rates and high costs, millennials and older members of Gen Z made no gains in owning homes in 2024, Redfin data shows.

New residential building permits are down. High prices on building materials could further slow new construction.

Racial covenants were used to prevent people of color from owning property, and can partially be blamed for lingering racial wealth gaps.

Pavlina Tcherneva at Bard College says that COVID provided an opportunity to rethink the labor market, health care and housing — but we missed that opportunity.

The first listing of a destroyed home in LA’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood didn’t last long.