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According to the latest Pending Home Sales Report, mortgage purchase activity remains sluggish, as “improving affordability conditions have yet to induce more buying activity,” according to Dr....

Property data company ATTOM’s first-quarter 2026 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report shows that nearly 1.4 million homes were vacant at the beginning of the year, with markets such as...

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says the sales tax could jump to 20% to replace $24 billion in lost property tax revenue if a constitutional amendment passes. Advocates view abolishing property taxes...

Minutes from the Jan. 27–28 meeting show policymakers at the Federal Reserve debated not only when to cut rates, but also scenarios in which additional tightening could be warranted if inflation...

Millions of people who cannot—or choose not to—buy homes can find stable housing through single-family rentals, a vital part of the U.S. housing sector. Compared to big institutional firms,...

Home listings are piling up in more metros nationwide, and home shoppers can look forward to more buyer-friendly conditions with inventory continuing to surge as the end of Q1 2026 approaches. The...

While new housing starts were up in November, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that they were down in December as homebuyers were "holding back" during the fourth quarter. The post Housing Starts...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who legally must balance the city's budget, warns that a city property tax hike "would effectively be a tax on working and middle-class New Yorkers." The post...

Advances in AI are unlikely to push down interest rates in the short term, a key Federal Reserve official said Tuesday, in contrast to Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh’s remarks regarding borrowing...

Falling mortgage rates and rising wages have narrowed the affordability divide, but buyers still need significantly more than the median U.S. household income to purchase a typical home. The post...

Patrick Coon succeeds John Vella of Selene Finance as Chairperson of the industry-leading organization for mortgage servicing executives. The post National Mortgage Servicing Association Announces...

While U.S. household growth rose 13% over the past decade, one Texas metro surged far ahead, driven by job growth, multigenerational in-migration, and steady housing demand, according to NAR. The...

The central bank is preparing to ease U.S. bank capital requirements in a drive to encourage lenders to provide more mortgages for American homebuyers, according to Fed Vice-Chair for Supervision...

New data from Redfin shows homeownership rising for white Gen Z and millennial households while slipping for their Black peers, highlighting growing generational divides in access to housing...

While buying and selling a home are big financial decisions for most Americans, a new paper from the Center for Retirement Research revealed why older sellers receive lower returns, highlighting...

The winter blues are hitting the housing landscape, and buyers are ghosting the market by snapping up homes from active inventory but then backing out after it's gone under contract. The post...

Recent data from Texas Realtors shows that one-third of new residents are coming from California, Florida, New York, and Colorado, with 30% of interstate movers choosing to relocate to Dallas. The...

The latest Realtor.com report highlighted that in Q4, new build listings showed more price reductions compared to existing homes, marking the first time in recent history that new homes were more...

ATTOM's Q4 2025 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report revealed the total dollar amount of loans in Q4 ticked up slightly from the previous quarter, despite home sale activity...