2026 is upon us and for this year, I want to keep the housing discussion very simple. As active inventory has returned to near-normal levels and home-price growth has cooled, we are entering a year when buyers, sellers and buyers-to-be are on a much better footing than in the unhealthy housing markets of 2020 to […]
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U.S. home price growth remained muted in October as high mortgage rates and affordability constraints continued to weigh on the housing market, according to data released Tuesday by S&P Dow Jones Indices. The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index rose 1.4% from a year earlier — up slightly from a 1.3% annual increase
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National home-price growth is slowing as 2025 comes to an end, while economists anticipate affordability to improve in the new year, multiple reports found. Processing Content The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s index increased 0.4% in October on a seasonally-adjusted monthly basis and 1.7% from a year ago. Prices jumped 1.3% monthly and 1.4% annually on
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Houses stand in this aerial photograph taken near Mountain View, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Facebook Inc. is following other tech titans like Microsoft Corp. and Google, pledging to use its deep pockets to ease the affordable housing shortage in West Coast cities. The social media giant said that it would commit $1
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Economic growth is expected to slow in 2026 and remain below trend for several years as higher interest rates and lingering inflation pressures weigh on the U.S. economy, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s December Economic and Mortgage Finance forecasts. MBA economists Mike Fratantoni, Joel Kan and Judie Ricks wrote that the forecasts show 2025
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Hearing talk about home prices falling? That may leave you worried about whether your house is losing value. But here’s what you need to know. While some local markets have seen small price dips this year, home prices are not falling nationally. So, don’t let the headlines scare you. The vast majority of the country
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Mortgage brokers are optimistic about the year ahead, with many anticipating more business. Processing Content AD Mortgage’s Mortgage Professionals Pulse Report and 2026 Outlook found 57.6% of the more than 300 brokers surveyed said they felt motivated heading into the new year and 84.5% said they expect business to grow in 2026. “Partner feedback confirms
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Renovated homes continue to attract more online interest and sell faster than other older properties — but their long-standing fix-and-flip advantage has narrowed sharply as higher mortgage rates reshape buyer behavior, according to a new Realtor.com report. The analysis builds on earlier research showing fixer-uppers are priced 54.2% below the national median for single-family homes.
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Auction.com released its 2025 Disposition Strategy Report on Wednesday, showing that distressed property sales at auction have increasingly outperformed traditional retail real estate sales over the past two years. The report analyzed more than 390,000 distressed property dispositions from January 2018 through September 2025, using Auction.com data and public records. Estimated net proceeds for auction
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Home shoppers in 2025 gravitated toward more affordable, midsized U.S. cities, with Midwestern markets accounting for most of the country’s most popular places to buy, according to new data released by Zillow. Rockford, Illinois, ranked as the most popular housing market in the country, moving up from second place last year. And the Midwest accounted
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