Real Estate
Real estate news provides vital information to mortgage and housing industry professionals, and HousingWire’s real estate news coverage is focused on the top and timely information that agents, teams and brokerages need to know. Whether it’s news about further declines in housing inventory, insight into builder pace, or updates on housing market data like home sales and home prices, HousingWire offers you the insight you need into the biggest home trends and changes in real estate.
Right now, there are numerous factors driving the real estate news cycle, not the least of which is fluctuating interest rates. Mortgage rates rose rapidly throughout 2022, which has had a massive impact on the housing market across the board — and directly affected the price and demand of real estate, home prices, and government policies related to tax incentives, deductions, and subsidies that can boost or hinder demand.
And, while it appears that the Federal Reserve may be prepared to slow the uptick in the Fed rate, it’s likely that rates will continue to have an impact on the industry in some form throughout some or all of 2023. To stay on top of the latest real estate news, industry professionals turn to HousingWire’s real estate news coverage, where they can learn about policy that is impacting lender and consumer activity, economic and market trends that are guiding strategy and opportunities for real estate and mortgage professionals, and find out about best practices being incorporated by leading industry professionals and agencies.
Latest Posts
Median home prices are still unaffordable in majority of U.S.
Dec 19, 2019Median home prices in the fourth quarter of 2019 were classified as unaffordable for the average wage earner in 71% of the U.S. counties analyzed.
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Lack of housing supply sends home sales retreating in November
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Decade in review: Number of U.S. renters surpasses 100 million
Dec 18, 2019 -
Single-family rentals are getting more expensive
Dec 18, 2019 -
What the trade war with China really means for America's housing market
Dec 18, 2019 -
L.A. is the hottest housing market in California
Dec 17, 2019 -
Millennials, down on their housing luck, will be outdone by Gen Z
Dec 17, 2019 -
U.S. housing starts rise 3.2% in November, permits rise to new high
Dec 17, 2019 -
California desperately needs more affordable housing. Is more coming in 2020?
Dec 16, 2019 -
What do subprime mortgages and student loans have in common?
Dec 16, 2019 -
[Pulse] Housing is in the middle of an inventory crisis. Here’s why
Dec 16, 2019