“A dip in mortgage rates brought some buyers off the bench in January, but the housing-market recovery was tempered by still-high housing costs and a limited number of homes being listed for sale,” said Redfin Deputy Chief Economist Taylor Marr.

According to CoreLogic, foreclosure rates remained near record lows to close out 2022, as healthy employment numbers helped borrowers remain current on their payments.

Even with a recession in the forecast, the economy appears to be an unexpectedly good place to start off the year according to Fannie Mae.

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing in February on the topic of “The State of Housing 2023” with three highly placed witnesses to give testimony to the committee addressing current challenges and forecasts of what to expect in real estate this year.

“Housing affordability is the result of the tug-of-war between purchasing power, which is the product of household income and mortgage rates, and nominal house price growth,” said First American Economist Ksenia Potapov.

The share of homes valued over $1 million has more than doubled since 2015. Click through to find out where they’re located—and who is buying them.

The share of homes investors are purchasing is slowing, with some cities seeing activity decrease by more than 60%.

A new commentary and research piece by Jacob Channel, LendingTree’s Senior Economist, hits on the topic of racial inequities in homeownership—particularly the share of homes owned by Black identifying Americans compared to the share of Black people living in the same area.

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the number of accounts in collections dropped from 261 to 175 million tradelines between 2018-2022.

Acknowledging the looming dangers of a warming planet, CoreLogic has released new research accounting for factors such as rising sea levels, increased frequency of intense storms, and the amount of flooding that could be caused by storms in the Miami area by 2050.