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By most accounts, in the last year, the demand for housing has been outpacing supply. According to one analysis, that may be changing in the nation's largest metros.

Home price appreciation is nothing new, having experienced robust growth since bottoming out four years ago. But a couple of recent home price indices indicate that things might be changing.

Fewer and fewer residential mortgage borrowers are in negative equity these days.

Non-conventional forms of financing have been gaining traction in the single-family housing market.

Having increased year-over-year every month for more than four years now, home prices are getting close to a new all-time high.

Tight inventory, affordability constraints, and uneven regional numbers had an adverse effect on pending home sales in June. The industry will find out how pending home sales fared in July when NAR publishes its report on Wednesday, August 31.

With affordability becoming a major concern in many housing markets in the United States due to increasing price appreciation and low supply, house-buying power in the U.S. is receiving help from an unlikely source.

The median value of a U.S. home has increased year-over-year every month for four years but is still well-below its pre-recession peak.

It has been a record breaking summer for residential housing in the United States, according to one analysis. Lately, however, the market has shown signs that things may be slowing down.

Those in the 30-34 age group who own homes would rather go with home equity when they need extra cash instead of using credit cards, according to one analysis.