Housing Sales Figures

HONG KONG—A nearly yearlong shakeout in China’s housing market is throwing up some clear winners: state-owned developers.As former industry leaders from China…

Rapidly rising mortgage rates and record home prices are cooling the U.S. housing market, as April sales dropped for the third straight month and fell to their weakest pace in nearly two…

Sales of previously owned homes declined in February as rising mortgage-interest rates and a shortage of homes for sale made it difficult for buyers to compete.Existing-home sales fell 7.2%…

The Fed is looking to cool demand and control inflation.…

U.S. home sales surged to a 15-year high in 2021, as ultralow interest rates and remote work fueled an extremely competitive housing market.Home prices grew at a record pace across the…

A man passed through Beijing’s central business district late last…

U.S. mortgage rates this week rose to their highest levels since May 2020, driving up the costs associated with home buying at a time when home-sales prices are already near record highs.The…

For several years, San Francisco investment banker Thomas Weisel had quietly shopped his beachfront Maui mansion with no takers. But when Covid hit, Hawaii’s luxury market surged, and so did…

U.S. home sales rose in November as low mortgage-interest rates and a strong job market continued to drive robust demand.Existing-home sales increased 1.9% in November from the prior month…

Demand from home buyers has outstripped supply for more than a year.…