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Have slightly lower mortgage rates stabilized the housing market?

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Mortgage rates have been slowly decreasing, but is this drop significant enough to influence our weekly housing data? Keep in mind that our weekend tracker reports provide insights months ahead of the reports most Americans typically read. Therefore, we closely monitor changes in our data trends whenever mortgage rates fluctuate. The last two weeks have […]

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As rates dip and policy shifts, is the housing market about to wake up again?

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It’s been a strange season for the housing market, caught somewhere between post-pandemic exhaustion and pre-election caution. And yet, in the quiet shuffles of financial markets and whispered policy pivots in Washington, signs are emerging that something may be stirring beneath the surface. Just last week, mortgage rates unexpectedly improved by as much as 0.25%,

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It’s official: DOGE cuts are impacting the DC housing market

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When Elon Musk was given control over much of the federal government staffing levels at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, real estate professionals in Washington, D.C., wondered if the sweeping layoffs would impact the housing market. While everyone has taken a wait-and-see approach, it’s getting hard to deny that people are moving

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HUD announces three senior leadership hires

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Friday that Jonathan “Drew” McCall, Todd Thurman and Reid Wilson will serve in senior-level roles under the direction of Secretary Scott Turner. The appointments followed the swearing-in of Andrew Hughes, the former HUD chief of staff, as deputy secretary. Per the department, the new

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Bessent announces 10 new appointments at Treasury

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Secretary Scott Bessent announced 10 new appointments for senior positions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, according to a Friday press release. John Crews, a former policy adviser under House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, will serve as deputy assistant secretary for financial institutions policy. Before his time in House leadership, Crews was the policy

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Trump says he’s terminating trade negotiations with Canada

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President Donald Trump announced on Friday via social media that he’s ending trade talks between the U.S. and Canada. The move could impact tariffs on one of America’s largest trade partners as a temporary pause is set to end early next month. “We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE

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Despite a surge in homes for sale, renting still remains the only real option for most

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While signs of a cooling housing market are beginning to emerge, with roughly 500,000 more home sellers than buyers now in play, according to a recent Redfin report, rising affordability barriers continue to sideline many would-be homeowners.  The median home price in the U.S. stood at $416,900 in the first quarter of 2025. With median

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Trump initiates plan to install a shadow Fed president

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President Trump has started Operation Shadow Fed President, with news breaking Wednesday night that he has identified several candidates for the next Federal Reserve chairman. Under this strategy, the president selects a new Federal Reserve chair well before they can officially assume the role and they communicate new Fed policy to the markets, which undermines

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Here are the three metros where homeownership is still affordable

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The rapid rise in home prices and housing costs over the past five years has strained affordability in every part of the country, but a new study seeks to put a finer point on which metropolitan areas are getting hit the hardest. Realtor.com calculated the share of income a typical household spends on housing by

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New Home Co. acquires Landsea, forming a top 25 homebuilder

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New Home Co. has completed a previously announced acquisition of Landsea Homes, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal creates a top-25 national homebuilder based on the number of new homes sold in 2024. Matthew Zaist, who currently serves as president and CEO of New Home, will led the combined company. New Home was the nation’s

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