More than any other U.S. city, Las Vegas epitomized the housing boom and bust of the last decade. Housing prices were on a seemingly unending growth spree, a trend fueled by speculators flooding into the market and reaping profits off the bubble. Then, the bubble popped, cratering prices and pushing […]
Home prices continued rising during the last month of 2017, but there are early signs they may begin to slow in the coming months. The Case Shiller National Home Price Index jumped 6.3 percent in the 12 months leading up to December, up from a 6.1 percent year-over-year gain reported […]
Housing prices hit a 31-month high in February amid depressed inventory, making it hard for first-time buyers to purchase homes. The Case Shiller Home Price Index for the nation rose 5.7 percent in January over the previous month and increased 5.9 percent from the same month a year ago. Inventory […]
U.S. homebuilders started construction on fewer projects in January than in December, continuing a six-year, saw-tooth pattern of ups and downs in housing starts. January housing starts were at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 1.065 million units, 2 percent below the downwardly revised December estimate of 1.087 million. Economists […]