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Existing-home sales recorded a third straight month of declines, slipping slightly in April, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
Apartment markets in the Mountains/Desert region have seen notable inventory growth rates in recent years as developers try to keep up with sizable in-migration
Four major retailers — Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s — reported quarterly financial results this week, and they each offered a different perspective on where and how people
If you took out a mortgage over the last couple of years, there’s a good chance the holder of that loan is America’s central
Mortgage rates actually fell slightly last week, but the damage has already been done to housing affordability.
Following March’s modest rise in Housing Starts and Permits, analysts expected reality to catch up with the homebuilder market in April (just as we
When looking at the Florida real estate market, many eyes drift to the southern part of the state. NAI Hallmark managing partners Keith Goldfaden
The NAHB survey of homebuilder sentiment fell for the 5th straight month in May to its lowest since June 2020… but has a long
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday pledged that the U.S. central bank would ratchet interest rates as high as needed to kill a
A lot of folks get started in real estate investing with “little green houses” … Buying single family homes here and there … Slowly
Fresh signs that major economies are slowing even as prices shoot higher cast a shadow over a nascent risk rally in global markets, just
All these curveballs will further fragment the housing market. Oh for the good old days of a nice, clean housing bubble and bust as
A mass exodus of money, an $11 trillion wipeout, and the worst losing streak for global stocks since the 2008 financial crisis. The bad
In the week ending May 12, mortgage rates rose for the ninth time in ten weeks. 30-year fixed rates rose by three basis points
A new study by Lending Tree found Generation Z (ages 18 to 24) are purchasing homes in America’s least expensive “flyover” cities while barely
Amid a historic stretch of inflation over the last year, the cost of housing (especially rent) has been one of the most significant pressures
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said that high readings on inflation still concern central bank officials, reinforcing the need for
US mortgage rates jumped again this week, extending a steep climb that is shutting some would-be homebuyers out of the market.
Since the Fed is rushing to hike the US into a deep recession just so inflation will (supposedly) slide ahead of the November midterms,
Housing in all of the top 100 markets in America is selling at a premium, but in some, that premium is much smaller.
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