The Latest Breaking News from Housing Market

‘The entire housing market is controlled by a few extremely powerful companies’ presenter said

Mortgage rates are dropping at their fastest pace in nearly a year which could give a much needed boost to the frozen housing market— as well as stocks tied to home loan servicers, builders and home retailers. 

Wealthy buyers are expanding their housing horizons.

The housing market is becoming more buyer-friendly after years of sharply rising prices

Those looking overseas may find that Mexico's housing market is a bargain compared to the U.S., whereas Canada tends to be a bit higher.

The U.S. government's effort to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through a $30 billion IPO has prompted the Federal Housing Finance Agency to rehire employees it laid off earlier this year.

With the market shifting and interest rates reshaping buyer behavior, many overheated cities appear to be cooling, and experts say this trend will deepen.

Renting is all the rage, surging by the greatest level seen in years.

Approximately $18 to $19 trillion -- that’s how much of America’s real estate wealth is owned by baby boomers, the generation born between the years 1946 and 1964. That’s nearly half of all the real estate wealth in the entire country, acquired through what Realtor.com defines as multiple decades of…