Low interest rates and strong economy could make for a strong real estate market.

Despite potential rising rates, first-time homeownership is expected to increase.

Without the sale of a previous home, first-time buyers can struggle to make a downpayment.

No home is perfect, but inspectors can help differentiate major problems from minor ones.

It is yet to be seen exactly how the prolonged government shutdown will affect sales.

Different generations look for different things when buying a home.

After nearly four years of annual declines in inventory, the number of homes for sale has now increased year-over-year for three straight months.

The housing market is showing several signs of slowing, providing a much-needed break for potential buyers who have been waiting to jump into the market.

In a recent NAHB survey, 65% of builders reported that the overall supply of developed lots in their areas was low to very low. The lot supply problem is particularly severe in relation to housing starts, which still have only partially recovered from the last downturn.

Financial experts are growing concerned by how millennials’ lack of homeownership will impact them financially when they retire.

A report from National Association of Realtors® found that the highest share of first-time buyers who are unmarried couples was in 2017—the highest on record since 1981.

For the first time in several years, the real estate market is a lagging part of the economy. For some time, the real estate market has led the economy forward, but in the past year or so, the economy has outshined the real estate sector.

Rents for U.S. single-family rental properties increased 3 percent year-over-year in July, up from a 2.7 percent pace a year ago, reported CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif. CoreLogic Principal Economist Molly Boesel said low rental home inventory relative to demand is fueling single-family rent growth.

By 2020 the US housing market will favor buyers but until then sellers will remain dominant according to an analysis by Zillow.

Home prices may have finally reached their tipping point after increasing 11.4% year-over-year. According to First American’s Chief Economist Mark Fleming, home prices are in the beginning stages of correcting to demand.

It’s been a decade since the onslaught of the Great Recession, and the housing market has healed and changed drastically since then. Home prices in many markets have hit record highs.