Odeta Kushi

New-home sales rose 4.4% in July to an adjusted annual rate of 714,000 as the supply of existing homes continues to drop, according to data released Wednesday by the US Census Bureau

Monthly housing starts rose 12.2% in August to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1,575,000, according to US Census Bureau data released Tuesday. August 2022 levels fell 0.1% year over year

The slowing housing market has yet to significantly reduce costs for most Americans. But economists believe more rate hikes may be on the way

Privately owned housing starts dipped 0.7% in October while single-family housing starts dropped 3.9%, according to US Census Bureau residential construction data

Housing starts plummeted in February as interest rates and lumber costs soared, according to data released Wednesday by the US Commerce Department

The gains come at a time when unemployment remains high at 6.3% on the heels of the US adding just 49,000 jobs, according to data released Friday by the US Department of Labor

A dip in prime age participation typically goes hand-in-hand with slower wage growth, according to Odeta Kushi, the deputy first economist at First American

Mortgage purchase applications were up 28% year over year, according to data released Wednesday by the Mortgage Bankers Association

Odeta Kushi, the deputy first economist at First American, doesn't believe the COVID-19 crisis will lead to a massive spike in foreclosures

New data from the Census Bureau indicates that the homeownership rate surged to its highest point since the third quarter of 2008, but a change in data collection methodology may have impacted the results

The average 30-year mortgage hit a new all-time low of 3.07% this week, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday

The real estate sector — not including rental and leasing — added more than 18,000 jobs in June, according to the US Department of Labor in a report released Thursday