Home Prices

Where Are Home Prices Headed in 2023?

Expert forecasts vary, but here are some notable factors that could put upward or downward pressure on home prices for the remainder of the year.

COVID-19 Update: Inflationary Concerns, Rising Interest Rates, and Recessionary Risks

NAHB and NLBMDA Condemn Action to Double Tariffs on Canadian Lumber

COVID-19 Update: Job Growth, Inflation Risks, and Affordability Concerns

NAHB: Builders Are Increasing Prices and Pre-Ordering in Response to Material Shortages

NAHB: Increases in Lumber Prices Have Added Over $35K to New Home Prices Since April 2020

NAHB: Lumber Prices Adding $24K to Price of New Homes

April Sees Continued Annual Home Price Gains

New-Home Sales Surge in May

March Home Prices Up 4.4% From One Year Earlier

Zillow: Home Prices Poised to Dip, Sales to Plummet

COVID-19 Update: ‘How Might We Chart a Course Back?’

Redfin Tracks Impact of Shutdown in March

Home Sales Up 2.7% in March

A Competitive Spring Buying Season Seen Ahead

Why Single-Family Builders Are Dipping Into the Rental Market

Home Prices Rose in Most Metros in Q4

For-Sale Inventory Drops in January to New Low

High-End Home Prices Take a Leg Up

California Existing Home Sales Declined in December

RE/MAX: December Existing Home Sales Jump 13.5% in 54 Metros

Q4 Median Home Prices Still Unaffordable For Average U.S. Wage Earners

Top Housing Markets for 2020

Realtors Pinpoint 10 Markets Poised for Near-Term Growth

Home Prices Ticked Up in September

New-Home Sales Slip a Bit in October

Redfin Sees Return of Bidding Wars in 2020

Existing Home Sales Rebound in October

Redfin: New-Home Sales Up, Prices Down

Home Prices Up 3.2% in August

‘Real’ House Price Index Shows Improved Affordability in August

Attom: Housing Market Back in High Gear

Existing Home Sales Slipped in September

Housing Inventory Falls to Lowest Since 2013

Inventory Shortage Appears Poised for Rebound

Affordability Remains Elusive in Q3

Existing Home Sales Up 1.3% in August

Home Prices Rise in July

Existing Home Sales Perk Up in California

Existing Home Sales Decline in June

Home, Rent Values Both Rose in June

Median Home Price Reaches New High

Decline in Average Home Size Creates Several Unexpected Effects

Eyeing Big Box LBM Stores

Home Price Growth Accelerates in May

Existing Home Sales Rise 2.5% in May

NAHB Calls on Congress to Cut Regulation

Home Price Gains Slow Further

Do it Best Meets Industry Challenges with ‘Smarter Marketing’

Home Prices Rose, As Did For-Sale Inventory, in Q1

Existing Home Sales Rebound In February

Existing Home Sales Fall For Third Straight Month in January

Existing Home Sales Fell 1.8% in Q4

Existing Home Sales Flounder in December

Home Price Gains Slowed, Inventory Rose in November

Lumber Prices Plummet in Second Half of 2018

CoreLogic’s Housing Price Index Up 5.4% in October

Home Prices Rose 4.5% Year Over Year in October

ValueInsured Finds a Shift in Perceptions Among Americans on Housing Market

Housing Affordability Reaches 10-Year Low

CoreLogic: September Home Prices Rose 5.6% From a Year Earlier

Home Values Now 8.7% Above Bubble Peak

Nationwide, Half of Homes Have Recovered From Crash

Lumber Consultants Challenge Claim That High Wood Prices Hurt Home Sales

$80,566 Worth of Building Products Go Into Each New Home, Survey Finds

As Materials Prices Rise, Margin Pressures on Builders Intensify

The Amazon Effect: Lessons Learned from Seattle

Median-Priced Homes Unaffordable In 68% Of U.S. Markets

Starter Homes Are in Short Supply, and Getting Shorter. What’s Next?

Trump Defangs Much of Steel Tariffs’ Bite; Trade Tensions Move Elsewhere

Now That Trump Has Imposed Steel Tariffs, Construction Interests Are Assessing the Specific Impact

Tariffs Equal Taxes: Commentary from Builder’s Editorial Director

Case-Shiller Index Up 6.3% in December

Builders Fear Cost Creep as Volumes Surge

Brooks Disrupts NAHB’s Drumbeat Over High Lumber Prices

Realtors: Housing Inventory At All-Time Low

Are Lumber Prices a Hidden Economic Indicator? This Analyst Says Yes.

Demand Up, Labor Short for New Homes in Coastal Sun Belt

Nashville New-Home Closings Up 30% in Q1

Weyerhaeuser Reports $540 million in Net Earnings for 2013

First-Time Homebuyers Dropping Out of the Market

Housing Starts Show Promise for Spring

BlueLinx Logs $3.2 Million Q3 2013 Loss

Builders FirstSource 3rd Quarter 2013 Net Income Hits $12.8 Million

Fed Reports Continued but Modest Economic Growth over the Summer

Consumers Confident in Housing Market

Lumber Supplies Remain Tight for Foreseeable Future

Win Big Business From Custom Builders

2Q11 Proves Difficult for Lumber Industry as Numbers Dip

Shade of Red Gets Darker At BlueLinx During 2Q

Seeing Red

It’s Mano a Mano Against Menards

Slower Homeownership, Household Formations Trends Hamper Housing Industry

ProSales 100 Reveals Cautious Upturn in 2010 for Biggest Dealers

NAHB: Construction Costs Took 59% of Total Home Price in 2009

2011 ProSales 100: The Hole Truth

Sunbelt Dominates List of America’s 20 Healthiest Homebuilding Markets

BFS To Reach Out to Small Builders

Beacon Roofing Profits Shrink 11.4% in Fiscal 4Q

Pro Business at Home Depot Continues To Lag

Reckless Pricing Behavior

Masco Moves Into the Red in 3Q

UFPI’s 3Q Net Shrinks to $2.6M Despite Sales Rise

Do it Best Gross Sales Drop 3.2% in FY10

Profit at Wolseley’s Ferguson Unit Fell 23% in Fiscal ’10

Lumber/Panel Index Drops Sharply in 2Q

West Fraser Swings Back Into the Black in 1Q

Construction Costs Took 59% of Total Home Price in 2009: NAHB

Tax Provision Generates 4Q Net Profit for BFS

Owens Corning Posts Big Jump in ’09 Building Materials Profits

UFPI’s Homebuilding Unit Posts 42% Drop in 4Q09 Sales

BFS Settles Suits Over Recap Plan

Investment Fund Blasts BFS’ Rights Issue Plans

Profits From Roofing Support Owens Corning’s 3Q Results

USG’s Distribution Arm Closed 22 More Branches in October

Pro Market Sales Fall 43% at Universal Forest Products

BFS: Inventory ‘Glut’ by Stock, BMHC Hurt Our Sales

USG’s U.S. Unit Trims Operating Loss

The Case for Higher Single-Family Housing Starts

Ply Gem’s 1Q Net Loss Nearly Triples

Declining Home Prices Still Not Enough to Help Many Seeking Affordable Housing

Existing-Home Sales Dip in 1Q

Reports Give Reason To Be Upbeat About Housing

Pursuing the New Deal

Want To Rescue Housing? Let Free Markets Work

Home Depot Sees Drop in Big-Ticket, Overall Sales

Stranded at Low Tide

BFS’ 3Q Net Shrinks 30%; Loss Deepens From Year Earlier

Southern Fried

BFS Looks To Mothball Units, Raise Margins