Inventory is rising and affordability is improving, but home sales aren’t happening

Data released Thursday by Realtor.com and Redfin shows that even as more homes are being listed for sale and mortgage payments are becoming more affordable, fewer transactions are occurring.According to a housing trends report from Realtor.com, active listings were up nearly 36% year over year in Au

Japanese Knotweed Is Coming To Wreck Your Backyard—and Much, Much Worse

Christopher Kimmel / Getty ImagesThe forest behind our house has turned into a horror movie, starring an armada of non-native invasive weeds. Their evil, tendrilly arms reach out like bright green zombies to smother everything in their path, albeit very slowly. Our trees have been encircled, their l

Tiny California Home Crushed by Tree Is Listed for Half a Million Bucks—Why Buyers Are Lining Up

Realtor.comA house crushed by a tree just hit the market in Los Angeles for a whopping $500,000—and as strange as it sounds, homebuyers are scrambling to make an offer.The house in Monrovia, CA, suffered catastrophic damage in early May when a large pine tree crushed its roof, destroyed its fence, a

Fannie Mae survey forecasts slower home-price growth in the near future

U.S. home-price growth is predicted to finish this year at 4.7% before slowing to 3.1% in 2025, according to a quarterly survey of housing experts conducted by government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Fannie Mae.The third-quarter 2024 survey polled more than 100 mortgage, real estate and academic exper