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HousingWire Mortgage Rankings have arrived, bringing data-driven benchmark to originator performance

Data & Analytics, Loan Officer, Mortgage, Origination /

HousingWire on Tuesday announced the launch of the HousingWire Mortgage Rankings, a new performance intelligence product designed to provide a clear, data-driven view of mortgage origination activity across the U.S. The rankings benchmark mortgage originators based on observed production, offering a standardized view of performance across geographies, loan types and channels. Historically, the mortgage industry […]

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Regional markets back demand resilience as rate pressure builds

Affordability, California, Data & Analytics, Housing Market, Housing Market Data, HWmember, Texas /

Regional market data is reinforcing the same story playing out nationally: Housing demand is holding up across major metros, even as mortgage rates move closer to levels that have historically pressured activity. That national backdrop remains surprisingly firm. Weekly pending sales rose to 71,230, up from 68,726 a year ago, while purchase applications are still

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Crexi adds residential rental data as rent algorithms face limits

Data & Analytics, Multifamily Housing, Residential Real Estate, Technology, The Builder's Daily /

Strong, accurate residential rent data is becoming a prized asset as lawsuits, regulators and new state laws upend how landlords set rents.​ Los Angeles-based commercial real estate platform Crexi is moving to capitalize on that demand. The company has partnered with Dwellsy, a rental marketplace with extensive residential properties, to plug rent data into Crexi

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Homebuying power improves as prices cool, inventory expands

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, Dallas, Data & Analytics, First-Time Homebuyers, Fort Worth, Home Prices, Home Sales, Housing Inventory, Housing Market, HWmember, Real Estate, REMAX, Texas, West Virginia /

U.S. homebuyers are gaining ground on affordability as price growth slows and housing supply expands, according to the latest HousingWire Data through Jan. 24. While affordability challenges persist — despite mortgage rates trending lower — recent shifts are improving purchasing power and giving buyers more leverage than they had a year ago. Nationally, the median

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Post-holiday pending sales rebound exposes regional divides

Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Housing Market, Housing Market Data, HWmember /

The U.S. housing market is showing clear signs of a post-holiday recovery. Pending home sales climbed to 50,096 new contracts this week, a 25.7% increase from last week’s 39,841, as buyer activity rebounds from the typical holiday slowdown. The increase in buyer activity, combined with shifting market dynamics, signals a return to more typical activity

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Why homebuilding’s R&D blind spot matters more now

Construction, Data & Analytics, Proptech, Sponsored, The Builder's Daily /

Signature Homes founder and Chairman Dwight Sandlin’s line — “nimbleness without sacrificing time and resources” — may sound like a homebuilder’s pipedream. That’s, unless you take the time to sit with what’s underneath it. In this market, “nimble” isn’t an organizational personality trait. It’s not hype; nor is it an abstraction. It’s an operational must-have.

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U.S. housing inventory growth slows to 10% as demand reshapes the 2026 market

Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Housing Market, Housing Market Data, HWmember /

Housing inventory growth has slowed from 33% year over year in mid-2025 to 10.0% today. The cooling marks the clearest end to the supply-shortage era and the beginning of a market where pricing power will be determined more by demand strength, rates and buyer behavior than scarcity alone. As HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami recently

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Midwest housing markets coming in hot for 2026

Affordability, Data & Analytics, Data & Visuals, Home Prices, Home Sales, Housing Market, Housing Market Data, Illinois, REMAX /

As the housing market moves into 2026, competition remains intense in many parts of the country — especially in smaller metros where inventory is critically low. New findings from HW Data based on supply, pricing and buyer activity show that demand for single-family homes continues to far outpace available homes in several markets, even as

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Housing absorption rate vs market size: Efficiency signals pressure

Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics, Housing Market, Housing Market Data, HWmember /

Data reflects single-family home market conditions as of the Jan. 3, 2026 weekly snapshot, based on HousingWire proprietary data. Housing markets are often evaluated by size: total sales, total dollar volume, total listings. Those metrics describe where activity is concentrated. They do not reliably indicate where competition is intensifying, where pricing power is shifting, or

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Boston emerges as hottest large metro market entering 2026

Agent, Boston, Connecticut, Data & Analytics, Home Prices, Home Sales, Housing Inventory, Housing Market, HWmember, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New England, New Hampshire, New York, Real Estate /

Boston has emerged as HousingWire’s hottest major metropolitan housing market heading into 2026 — fueled by chronic supply shortages, rapid sales and a job base that continues to outpace national trends. Local experts say the metro’s long-standing economic strength and global pull are driving competition even as interest rates and broader economic uncertainty persists. Todd

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