On prices, rent, and mortgage:
- April Mortgage Rates Edge Up Following Treasury Sell-Off – NAHB
- Washington State Lawmakers Vote to Limit Rent Increases. Supporters say an annual cap of 10 percent, including inflation, will protect tenants. Critics worry it will reduce housing supply and discourage investors. – New York Times
- Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 3.9% year-over-year in February. FHFA House Prices up 3.9% YoY – Calculated Risk
- Case Shiller Home Price Index Climbs 3.9% in February – Realtor.com
- Freddie Mac House Price Index Mostly Unchanged in March; Up 3.0% Year-over-year. 10 of the 19 cities with largest price declines are in Florida! – Calculated Risk
- Home Price Momentum Slows—and Prices Are Falling in One Florida City – Realtor.com
- US Home-Price Gains Eased in February as Listings Increased – Bloomberg
- AEI Housing Market Indicators, April 2025 – AEI
On sales, permits, starts, and supply:
- March Home Sales Were the Slowest Since 2009. Some Predict Prices Could Drop Next. – Barron’s
- Final Look at Local Housing Markets in March and a Look Ahead to April Sales – Calculated Risk
- Sales of Existing Homes Plunge to Their Slowest March Pace Since 2009, in Warning Sign for Spring Housing Season – Realtor.com
- Housing market inventory with a price cut just hit a decade high. In total, 302,260 U.S. homes for sale on Realtor.com in March 2025 had a price cut. That represents 33.9% of the active U.S. housing inventory. – Realtor.com
- Back to Basics. Plus: California zoning bill survives powerful lawmaker’s economic illiteracy, Montana legislators pass simple, sweeping, supply-side housing reforms, and Washington passes rent control. – Reason
- Home Builders Are Piling on Discounts as They Struggle to Entice Buyers. Demand during the spring home-buying season has been disappointing, and tariffs threaten to raise costs – Wall Street Journal
- Milwaukee Is One of America’s Most Cutthroat Rental Markets. In this Midwestern city, a lack of housing supply has baby boomers, millennials and Gen Z all vying for apartments. – Wall Street Journal
On other developments:
- The sluggish housing market isn’t entirely bad news – Axios
- Real Estate Brokerages Fight Over How Houses for Sale Should Be Listed. Compass, one of the largest brokerages in the country, has sued a real estate database in Seattle and accused it of “monopolistic” and “anticompetitive” behavior. – New York Times
- Battle of Home Buyers vs. Investors Is Making Toledo a Housing ‘Gold Mine’. Ohio city of 265,000 is one of the increasingly rare affordable housing markets in the U.S. – Wall Street Journal
- The Spring 2025 Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Housing Market Ranking – Realtor.com
- Can the Housing Market Withstand a Shrinking Workforce? The Role of Hispanic Labor Under Pressure – Realtor.com
- In the competitive D.C. housing market, government layoffs bring a growing sense of unease. The nation’s capital is still a seller’s market, but buyers are slowly gaining power. – Yahoo Finance
- 4 of America’s Hottest Markets Boast Low Cost of Living, Low Home Prices, and Climate Resiliency – Realtor.com
- Homeownership Rate Dips to Five-Year Low – NAHB
- Buyer’s or seller’s housing market? Zillow’s analysis for 250 markets. Here’s where home sellers—and homebuyers—have the most power right now, according to Zillow’s most recent analysis. – Fast Company
- Housing on Federal Lands Aims to Ease Affordability Crisis. Housing developers and researchers say the idea of building more homes on federal land could help ease shortages. But various obstacles could hinder the effort. – New York Times
- Roofs, repairs, and rodents: How housing quality has climbed in the Twin Cities. Alongside paying higher housing costs, Twin Cities area households have bigger, better places to call home than they did in in 1997 – Minneapolis Fed
- Trump’s First 100 Days in Office Deliver Little Progress on Solving the Housing Crisis – Realtor.com
- The Housing Market Has New Rules. Realtors Are Evading Them. A landmark settlement was expected to disrupt how real-estate agents are paid. This is how that didn’t happen. – New York Times
- When Did the American Housing Affordability Crisis Begin? – National Review
- The Best Time to Sell a Home is in May – ATTOM
- Homeownership Falls to Its Lowest Level in 5 Years—and One Age Group Is Hit the Hardest – Realtor.com
- A YIMBY Theory of Power. Pro-housing advocates offer an analysis of class relations that is more sophisticated and has more explanatory power than the one held by many critics of the “abundance agenda.” – The Nation
- Housing’s Share of the Economy Grows Higher to Start the Year – NAHB
- Long-Term Impacts of Residential Racial Desegregation Programs – NBER
- Trump Doesn’t Need the Fed To Fix Housing. Former Rep. Ron Paul argues that slashing red tape will do more to bring down home prices than pressuring the central bank to cut interest rates. – Reason
- Texas City Makes Bold Move To Fix the Housing Crisis – Realtor.com