A new flurry of homebuilding, a gloomy summer for homeowners in the U.K. and a bizarre diplomatic feud involving a squatter. Looking into the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for this week. Hit: If I Had a Hammer! This week saw a...
It was a May to remember in the housing market, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with home construction surging at its fastest rate in more than a year. Single‐family housing starts in May were at a...
Builder confidence transitioned into positive territory for the first time in 11 months, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) / Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) Housing Market Index (HMI). The HMI for the market for newly built single-family...
Canada burns while America chokes, a lone voice calling for GSE reform and a blip of good news on affordable homeownership. Looking into the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for this week. Miss: Trudeau Fiddles While Canada Burns. Most...
Sales of new single‐family houses in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 683,000, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 4.1% above the revised March rate of 656,000 and 11.8%...
Zillow Cuts Its Late-2026 Home Sales Outlook as Rents Accelerate
