Real Estate Markets & Economy
Following a steep decline in 2020, Corcoran President and CEO Pamela Liebman called 2021 a 'monumental comeback' as many brokerages saw record quarters and years
Acquisitions, spats, implosions and brawls: As the year wraps up and real estate professionals wish for the best in 2022, test your knowledge of the biggest real estate stories of 2021
In a year that seemed like a reprise of 2020 — call it '2020 Light' — the past 12 months have been filled with anxiety. Take a walk down memory lane as Inman reveals its most-read stories of 2021
The median home sale price rose 14.6 percent from the previous year to a high of $361,171 during December, according to a new Redfin report
The housing market will cool slightly in 2022, but will scorch as a multitude of buyers chase too few homes, according to economic experts who spoke with Inman
Homebuyers used to be able to count on falling mortgage rates and rising wages to offset red-hot home prices; that's no longer the case
Zillow: More than half of homeowners would consider a bathroom remodel next year
The pending sales of existing homes dipped down 2.2 percent in November, in line with the National Association of Realtors' prediction of a slowdown
Home prices have continued to rise quickly throughout the US, but price growth halted in October in the Northeast, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s House Price Index
Home prices were 19.1% higher in October than the same time last year — a near-historic rate, but slightly lower than recent months, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index
Most homeowners who forego an agent are selling to someone they know, leaving a small group that fends for themselves on the open market, several new reports reveal
Finding hope through the pandemic's darkness has looked different for everyone. For some, that's meant seeking out the spirit of Christmas in places where it lives on the whole year through, like in Santa Claus, Indiana, which has led to a mini real estate boom in the area
30-year mortgage rates fell to 3.05%, down 7 basis points from the week prior, according to Freddie Mac’s most recent lender survey, released Thursday
After increasing by a modest 0.4% in October, new home sales saw a 12.4% increase in November, according to the US Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development
A new report released Wednesday by Redfin painted a bleak picture for homebuyers already fatigued by a tough market
The median sales price, meanwhile, soared 13.9% year over year in November as inventory plunged 13.3%, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors
As a lesson in property investment, a father taught his 6-year-old daughter and her 2 siblings how to build a property portfolio — and they ended up with a brand new home