Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. When policy makers, politicians, and the media talk about a “housing ...

The US housing market is distorting a core principle of economics: supply and demand. Home prices soared in May, even as existing home sales fell and the supply of homes for sale jumped. "This one is ...

When it comes to inflation, the real estate market is a bit of a different animal, according to experts. “Real estate is a very unique marketplace, and it’s driven very much by supply and demand,” ...

Recently, we’ve all heard an increasing number of warnings from self-styled market experts predicting a crash in housing prices in the next year accompanied by a depression from which mankind may ...

High interest rates don't directly impact housing prices or supply. Instead, prices are determined primarily by supply and demand dynamics. That's the assertion of real estate mogul Grant Cardone, who ...

Lawmakers and witnesses at a hearing addressing housing affordability Wednesday morning sounded similar frustrations over the growing divide between affordable housing supply and demand in markets ...

There is likely to be a “modest” amount of excess home supply driven by demographic changes as older homeowners move out of their homes or die. But the aging U.S. population is not expected to be an ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The East Tennessee REALTORS organization expects the region's housing market to improve in 2025 as home price growth slows. The group put out its housing forecast on Friday. The ...

Systemic racial inequality has long been a drag on the U.S. economy, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the housing market, writes Nikitra Bailey, of the National Fair Housing Alliance.

Explore the real story behind America’s housing affordability crisis in this in-depth explainer. Learn how financing policies, zoning restrictions, postwar housing trends, and the influence of Wall ...