Housing Week Ahead: Metro Rankings, Home Prices, and Fed Rate Decision

The coming week will feature a full slate of new reports from the Realtor.com economics team, as well as key indicators for the housing market and a crucial interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve.In addition to Monday's Manufactured Housing Report from senior economist Joel Berner, the Realtor.com economics team will publish a pair of city-level rental market reports.On Tuesday, senior economist Jiayi Xu will detail the latest rental trends in New York, followed by a look at the Los Angeles rental market on Thursday.Also on Thursday, senior economist Hannah Jones publishes her analysis of the markets topping the Fall Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Housing Market ranking, and senior economist Anthony Smith digs into the luxury cut of that data.Additionally, Jiayi will be cover the latest weekly trends in housing data on Thursday.Key housing indicators to watchThere are also number of housing-related economic data points to watch this week, including the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index and monthly data on New Home Sales on Tuesday.The Case-Shiller index tracks repeat sales of the same homes over time, which makes it a reliable yet backward-looking read on tre...