What good signs lie beyond the horizon for housing in 2014’s second half? Using analysis from a recent Redfin report, we put together the following

Suburban sprawl over the last 50 years has led to an expanse of drivable city space, but a recent study suggests walkable urbanization may be the direction of the future. For the past half-century, suburban sprawl has helped define

The unaffordable simply becomes more unaffordable in today’s whacky rental landscape. At the start of July, we reported on the latest rental data from Reis, which found that the nation’s rental market continued to grow more expensive and exclusive through

Even we were surprised by some of the following facts. The U.S. housing market is a massive industry, one that incorporates not only elements of real estate, but of banking (both commercial and investment), appraising, marketing, advertising and the law,

A new study suggests we may be seeing the beginning of the end of suburban sprawl. #147480838 / gettyimages.com Since the early 1940s, many of the United State’s most prominent metro locations have been characterized by sprawl, which refers

Selling a house can be a cumbersome process, but if the appropriate steps aren’t taken and details considered, sellers and agents alike could be losing out on thousands. #99966933 / gettyimages.com It was only a few years ago that

Housing starts may have been down last month, but there are many more details about new construction that are of equal import. #200263624-001 / gettyimages.com The Census Bureau released its latest report on new construction, and it wasn’t pretty

After a sorrowful period in the woods, builder confidence has returned to the promised land this month. #82355279 / gettyimages.com The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), the nation’s leading measurement on builder confidence in

Cost burdens have become commonplace in housing, and they’re especially pronounced in the nation’s largest metro areas. #145868156 / gettyimages.com The housing market has bounced back in a major way the last couple years, but it’s introduced us to

On early Tuesday, a collection of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage agents gathered in a small room of Chicago’s Omni Hotel on Michigan Ave. to listen to and learn from successful Beverly Hills-based luxury agent Jane Brill Gavens. For a

Heavy investment activity has helped deplete inventory levels, as well as buyer confidence, but a new Redfin survey suggests that dynamic may be shifting. #156881948 / gettyimages.com It’s been nearly seven years since the housing bubble collapsed; yet, the

Anyone can observe that buyer traffic is down from last year, but a new report tacks a number to that decline – and it’s a big one. #159449352 / gettyimages.com We’re hardly the first publication to point out that buyer

Foreign consumers regained their appetite for U.S. housing in a major way in the 12-month period ending March 2014. #185761563 / gettyimages.com International sales – aka, home purchases in the U.S. by foreign consumers – soared an incredible 35

Housing has made definite progress the last couple of years, but what hurdles remain for the industry? #488933561 / gettyimages.com There’s little doubt that the U.S. housing market has made notable improvements in recent years. For instance, delinquent mortgages

The nation continues to improve, clearing out thousands of foreclosures each month, but some states and cities are doing better than others. In May, the national foreclosure inventory continued its 31 consecutive months of year-over-year declines, dropping 4.8 percent,

REO listings have been on a steady decline for some time, but have they reverse course in 2014? #101057102 / gettyimages.com The decline of distressed home sales has been one of the great success stories of the housing recovery.