Consumer News Home Prices May Still Be Rising But Rents Are Falling

Here’s where home values are falling the most

More than half of U.S. homes lost value over the past year, the highest rate of depreciation since 2012. The decline in home values is especially p ... Read More

Where are home prices headed this December? Here's what to consider now.

With mortgage rates declining, home prices could soon be impacted. Here's what to consider this month. Read More

Rents are falling. Will home prices follow?

Good news for those looking for more affordable housing: Rents keep falling. In October, rents fell for the 27th straight month year-over-year and the third consecutive month-over-month according to ... Read More

Home prices are falling in these 105 major housing markets

National home prices rose +0.1% year-over-year between October 2024 and October 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index reading published last week—a decelerated rate from the +2.4% ... Read More

Housing costs are rising — and it’s the main reason why fertility rates are falling

Home prices may be the real birth control. A new study by Benjamin K. Couillard, a doctoral candidate in economics at the University of Toronto in Canada, finds that surging housing costs are ... Read More

Rising rents lessen the affordability of housing

— -- More renters found housing unaffordable last year as incomes declined, and more are likely to be squeezed this year, given rising rents. The share of renters paying 30% or more of their ... Read More