A major federal study has found that minority renters and homebuyers who test the housing market for discrimination were told about and shown fewer homes and apartments than their equally qualified white counterparts.
The housing market continues to show signs of a rebirth from its collapse, but the comeback may need to slow down a bit before there's more trouble than progress.
Americans are more confident in the U.S. economy than at any point in the past five years, thanks to surging home values, a brighter job market and record-setting stock prices.
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.
A strengthening housing recovery and robust auto sales contributed to moderate growth across the United States in late February and March, according to a Federal Reserve survey.
The spring is nearing and while many buyers will be out looking for a new home, they may not have many to look at. Impending home sales are up four and a half percent, nearly 10 percent above a year ago, but the supply of existing homes for sale has fallen for seven straight months.