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What will bring first-time buyers into the 2026 housing market?

Will 2026 be a turning point for prospective first-time homebuyers? The National Association of Realtors (NAR) seems to think so.  In a report published on Tuesday, the trade group says that it expects the housing affordability landscape to improve throughout the year. Driving this improvement, according to NAR, will be a steady rise in housing […]

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Homebuilders are weathering the trade war — for now

The enormous scale of the trade war initiated by President Donald Trump has the potential to upend practically every aspect of the economy, and the most vulnerable space in the real estate industry is homebuilding. Trump has targeted a number of key trading partners for homebuilders — including Canada, Mexico, China and Vietnam. He’s either

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