House hunters don’t need to be told that property is too expensive right now. But Wall Street has an idea by just how much.

More than a decade of underbuilding has left the country with a deficit of nearly 1.5 million new homes. At the same time, current homeowners holding on to their lower mortgage rates are freezing ...

Among the many homes affected are those belonging to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Tom Hanks, Mark Hamill, Rebel Wilson, and Mandy Moore. While some have managed to escape the ...