Market Watch

As millennials begin to enter the homebuying market in larger numbers, expect the layout of the modern American home to change, panelists said during a recent conference on home trends and millennial home preferences. Keep reading to see what changes to expect in the near future.

Driven by strengthening private domestic demand, economic growth is expected to accelerate modestly this year, according to Fannie Mae’s Economic & Strategic Research Group. Keep reading to see Fannie’s predictions for the housing market for 2015.

A day after President Barack Obama outlined the direction of the country in his State of the Union address, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro took time Jan. 21 to give his thoughts and address questions via social media on the state of the housing market in a “fireside chat.” Keep reading to see why Castro called 2015 “a year of housing opportunity.”

The value of farmland has either fallen or remained stagnant year-over-year in most parts of the country, according to a new study. Keep reading to see why.

The U.S. housing market is expected to continue to move in the right direction in 2015, according to one housing forecast. Keep reading to see why things are looking up in the New Year.

A new report shows that the gap between home value opinions of homeowners and appraisers is continuing to narrow as home values fall throughout the country. Continue reading for the details.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released the findings of its 11-year study on the value that host-owned solar photovoltaic (PV) systems add to homes. The results show that homebuyers are willing to pay more for homes with PV systems regardless of state, housing and PV market, and housing type. Keep reading for the results.

A new survey shows that homeowners were more pessimistic about buying a home at the end of 2014 than in recent years, but there could be reason for renewed optimism in the New Year. Keep reading to see why more buyers could be entering the market in 2015.

A provider of real estate data released the results of its 2015 forecast, which projects how home values are anticipated to fluctuate in different markets across the country throughout the year. Keep reading for the results.

The collateral damage that comes along with new technologies often takes years to get sorted out, but new research is providing answers on the financial implications that some alternative energy sources have on residential neighborhoods.