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
Existing home sales set to end the year at highest point since 2006
Dec 27, 2017Pending home sales inched up slightly in November, indicating home sales may rise to their highest point since 2006. But even as home sales increase at the end of this year, headed into 2018, NAR forecasts existing home sales and home price growth will slow primarily due to the altered tax benefits of homeownership in some high cost areas.
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Countdown: The top 10 stories of the year (1,2)
Dec 26, 2017 -
Phil DaCosta named VP of business development at Cook & James
Dec 22, 2017 -
New homes sales at highest level in a decade
Dec 22, 2017 -
FHFA: Home prices continue to soar on West Coast
Dec 21, 2017 -
California home sales dragged down by affordable housing crisis
Dec 21, 2017 -
Guaranteed Rate Affinity now up and running and ready to boom
Dec 20, 2017 -
Existing home sales surge past decade high
Dec 20, 2017 -
Bank of America: Affordable housing funding will grow tight in 2018
Dec 19, 2017 -
IBT: Tax reform creates a new tax break for large landlords and real estate moguls
Dec 19, 2017 -
Countdown: The top 10 HousingWire stories of the year (7,8)
Dec 19, 2017