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Foreign purchasers are buying fewer and fewer American houses. And the coronavirus pandemic might cause a severe pullback in new financial investment in U.S. residential realty from international buyers. Throughout the 12-month period ending in March 2020, foreign buyers acquired 154,000 existing houses in the U.S., down 16% from the …

Who would have believed that this summertime, with the number of COVID-19 cases rising and brand-new rounds of limitations and shutdowns, would yield among the most competitive housing markets in recent memory? However, home prices have struck record highs as purchasers are fighting it out across the country over a …

In the middle of an economic downturn and the worst public health crisis in a century, the U.S. homeownership rate surged to its greatest point since the Great Economic crisis. The homeownership rate reached 67.9% in the 2nd quarter of 2020, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census …