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Bright MLS: Housing market shifts toward necessity, balance

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The U.S. housing market is entering a new phase defined less by competitive bidding and more by financial stress and practical necessity, according to a second-quarter Bright MLS agent survey released Friday. The findings reveal a marked departure from previous years’ demand-driven trends, with both home buyers and sellers increasingly motivated — or discouraged — […]

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Home prices are higher than ever, but seller profits have slipped

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U.S. homeowners earned a median profit of 50% on home sales in the second quarter of 2025, according to an ATTOM analysis released this week. That figure marked a slight uptick from the 48.9% figure in the first quarter, but it was down from 55.6% during the second quarter of last year. Median home sale

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realMLS adds transparency platform Rayse as a member benefit

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Access to the real estate platform Rayse has been provided to all realMLS members at no additional cost. The platform, designed to improve transparency in real estate transactions, is now available through agents’ realMLS dashboards and at rayse.com/realmls. The rollout comes on the heels of a major platform update from Rayse, which recently added tools

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Home flipping activity slows nationwide as profits tighten

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The U.S. home flipping market showed signs of strain in the first quarter of 2025 as the number of flipped properties dropped to a six-year low and profit margins continued to erode, according to ATTOM’s Q1 2025 U.S. Home Flipping Report. A total of 67,394 single-family homes and condominiums were flipped between January and March,

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How to think about home prices for the rest of 2025

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The story for the housing market over the past three years has been, “Home sales are down, home prices are up.” Because inventory was so restricted after the pandemic, prices pushed higher even as demand weakened. That story may finally be inverting as unsold inventory of homes is now great enough that home prices are

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Massachusetts set to bar home sellers from requiring inspection waivers

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Massachusetts homebuyers will soon be protected from being pressured into waiving home inspections under new regulation. The policy, put forth by the state’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), prohibits sellers and their agents from requiring or encouraging buyers to waive a home inspection as a condition of purchasing real estate. It also

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Potential homebuyers are waiting for prices to fall

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Prospective homebuyers are holding off on purchases, waiting for lower prices and mortgage rates despite the rising costs of homeownership, according to the 2025 Bank of America Homebuyer Insights Report. Further analysis of the report, conducted by the Bank of America Institute, shows that three in four respondents expect home prices and interest rates to

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Home prices expected to dip as supply and demand collide

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U.S. home prices are projected to flatten in the third quarter and decline 1% year over year by the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a new report from Redfin. The company also expects mortgage rates to remain elevated near 7% through the end of the year. This marks a sharp reversal from more than

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Sidelined homebuyers see opportunity in a possible recession

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As economic concerns grow, a new survey from Realtor.com shows that a significant share of prospective homebuyers may view a potential recession as an opportunity rather than a deterrent. According to the survey, 63.4% of respondents expect a recession within the next year, reflecting the highest level of concern since 2019. Despite that, nearly 30%

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Inventory back to 2019 levels and what that means for 2025

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To start things off, I have an announcement to make, today will be my last weekly article for Altos Research. I founded Altos nearly 20 years ago to bring a new level of analytics and data to the housing market. Two and a half years ago, Altos was acquired by HousingWire, and it’s been tremendously

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