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.
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Pending home sales rebound after 17 months of consecutive declines
Jul 30, 2019The nation’s healthy economic environment drove an increase in pending home sales, pushing the index forward 2.8% in June, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, slightly increased to 108.3 in June, rising from May’s 105.4. NAR’s Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said June’s 2.8% increase can be attributed to the nation’s current favorable conditions and predicted last month’s rise is likely the start of a positive trend for home sales.
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Case-Shiller says home-price gains continued to slow in May
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Millennials want to buy homes, but their wallets are saying no
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Federal Reserve poised to reduce its benchmark rate
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First American: Consumer house-buying power could rise to new heights in 2019
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Century 21 offering “shark-free” listings this week
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America’s rental market heats up as its housing market takes a breather
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Phoenix leads nation in multifamily rent growth
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More investors take on build-to-rent housing trend
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Realtor.com expands Local Expert feature to city level
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This is how a lack of housing affordability is impacting America’s middle class
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Mortgage rates boost multifamily investments in Q1
Jul 26, 2019