HousingWire Research is the premier source of comprehensive, real-time data and analysis for the housing market, covering mortgage, real estate brokerage, team and agent data. Our goal is to empower the housing industry with actionable insights to make informed decisions. By delivering cutting-edge research and breaking down industry silos, we give our audience the full picture.
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January 2025
The Rise of Rental Fraud in Real Estate Listings: A Nationwide Analysis
Rental fraud and property listing scams pose a significant threat to sellers, renters, real estate professionals and brokerage owners. These scam listings often lurk behind enticing deals and seemingly legitimate property listings.
Latest Research Reports
2025 Housing Market Forecast: The Path to Home Sales Recovery
A strategic roadmap to help industry experts anticipate client needs, and understand the market recovery — from home price stability and transaction volumes to the influence of shifting mortgage rates
Addressing the lack of understanding around reverse for purchase
With an unprecedented wave of retirements—over 4.1 million Americans each year, according to the Peak65 report by Alliance for Lifetime Income—understanding the intricacies of reverse mortgages is essential.
Who’s Winning the Home Equity War
Given the depressed state of the first mortgage market, the battle to win consumers’ home equity business has never been fiercer. Cue the epic showdown: Who will win the home equity war?
HousingWire Research: Examining Verification Waterfalls
Are you using the most effective and cost efficient methods for verifying income and employment? Have you considered a verification waterfall to lower cost and reduce risk?
HousingWire Research: The Mortgage Rate Lock-In Effect is Shaping Today’s Market
The mortgage rate “lock-in” effect has been hotly debated. This report unveils a new approach to analyzing lock-in – inventory opposed to transactions – revealing surprising insights.
Research Report: Your step-by-step guide to becoming a digital closing leader
Ready to start your journey to digital maturity? HousingWire surveyed title and settlement companies to find out where they sit on the Stavvy Digital Maturity Model.
Study: A Playbook for Real Estate Brokerage Growth
HousingWire Research looked at key performance metrics and interviewed owners and operators of the RealTrends Verified GameChangers to find out the strategies that led to their growth.
Research News
Tough Calls: Lessons from Volcker, inflation, and the Fed’s crossroads
Jan 16, 2025“The standard of living of the average American has to decline,” he said. “I don’t think you can escape that.” These were the words of Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker as he testified before Congress in October 1979. Inflation was 13%. Volcker’s predecessors, Arthur Burns and William Miller, had failed to control prices. Stagflation gripped the United States. We were in an economic death spiral.
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Are mortgage rates about to break out higher again?
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Q1 2024 BrokerPulse: Leaders predict flat home prices, lower interest rates
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Real estate brokers focus on value amid commission lawsuit unease
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Mortgage applications slump after rates surge to 23-year high
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Q4 BrokerPulse: Commission lawsuits spur proactive changes for real estate brokers
Oct 03, 2023