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
Damning report finds state agencies wasted millions meant for struggling homeowners
Aug 25, 2017A damning new report from a federal watchdog shows that 19 state housing finance agencies wasted millions of dollars that should have gone to struggling homeowners as part of the government’s Hardest Hit Fund program. The report, published Friday by the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, showed that an investigation found that all 19 of the state housing finance agencies that participated in the Hardest Hit Fund collectively wasted money in some form.
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Here are the 10 hottest housing markets in August
Aug 25, 2017 -
New homes becoming more affordable in Texas metros
Aug 25, 2017 -
American Pacific Mortgage sues insurer after hacker stole funds from lender
Aug 24, 2017 -
Are Employee Stock Ownership Plans the key to healthier mortgage finance companies?
Aug 24, 2017 -
Economists: Existing home sales disappointing but unsurprising
Aug 24, 2017 -
Existing home sales dip to lowest level this year
Aug 24, 2017 -
Black Knight: Foreclosures drop to lowest level in more than 10 years
Aug 24, 2017 -
Everything you need to know about Fannie, Freddie appraisal-free purchase mortgages
Aug 23, 2017 -
The debate around the future of the mortgage interest tax deduction continues
Aug 23, 2017 -
Low-commission real estate site Open Listings expands to Seattle
Aug 23, 2017