U.S. Housing Market Analysis Since 2006
The Home Buying Institute (HBI) has been providing housing market analysis and reporting in the U.S. for nearly 20 years.
We constantly monitor the real estate market and provide in-depth reporting to help home buyers, homeowners, and real estate professionals make informed decisions.
U.S. Housing Weekly: Our Flagship Newsletter
In 2025, we launched U.S. Housing Weekly, a premium newsletter that delivers real estate news, analysis, and exclusive insights you won't find elsewhere.
This newsletter is designed for real estate agents, mortgage professionals, property investors, and anyone else with a vested interest in the U.S. real estate market.
Most importantly, it delivers unbiased and objective reports from a veteran housing market analyst with 18 years of experience.
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Educating Home Buyers Since 2006
The Home Buying Institute started out as an educational website for home buyers, offering helpful guides designed to improve financial literacy.
Over the years, we have expanded our mission to provide objective housing market analysis for the U.S. as a whole, along with major cities and metro areas.
Despite this ongoing evolution, our mission remains the same: to provide useful and factual content that helps people make better-informed decisions.
Learn more about our history and mission.
Stories We Are Covering in 2025
The U.S. real estate market changes constantly due to a wide range of factors. We monitor these developments and report on them to help you stay up to speed.
Here are some of the big stories we are following in 2025.
Will Trump Cause a Housing Crash?
Trump's ever-shifting trade war and other policies have roiled markets and caused uncertainty among consumers as well. If it continues, and especially if it worsens, we could see a housing market crash later this year.
Housing Market Slowdown in 2025
The U.S. housing market has slowed down over the past year, with homes taking longer to sell. In this report, we examine the latest evidence of this ongoing trend and explain what it might mean for home buyers through the rest of 2025.