Zillow slightly downgrades its national home price outlook—predicting that over the next 12 months, U.S. home prices are likely to shift +0.0%. Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ...

The home sale boost that experts expected to occur in 2026 will no longer happen—mainly because of higher mortgage rates.

The forecast for mortgage rates is clouded by policy uncertainty, but the general consensus is that the 30-year fixed rate will stay in the low- to mid-6% range, according to a U.S. News analysis of ...

The housing market has been a challenge for both buyers and sellers. High interest rates and low inventory have strained buyers, while sellers are finding it difficult to get their desired asking ...

Mortgage rates will continue to average above 6% next year, and home prices will keep rising, the Realtor.com® economic research team predicts in its new 2025 housing forecast. The report forecasts ...

Housing forecasts for 2026 are finally pointing to a market that cools from a boil to a steady simmer, and that shift has direct consequences for how you prioritize repairs and upgrades. Instead of ...

Housing affordability has diminished since mortgage rates began rising in 2022. Inflation strongly influenced the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates consistently, but it also raised housing prices ...

The American housing market has been an uncertain once since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with high prices and low construction and availability keeping the market unstable. That ...