Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

After a year of strong results, sales of newly built homes took a major step back last month. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shows new-home sales in October clocking in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 610,000 — a 17.3% The median sale price of a new home hit $437,300, a 4.7% annual increase.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

In walking back policies designed to boost participation in foreclosed property sales for nonprofit and government bodies, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) said that policies put in place in 2022 that restrict certain sales to these entities for a 30-day period have produced mixed results at best and will now be rescinded.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Home sales are significantly better than they were last year at this time. Another tricky part of communicating this news is that home sales aren’t suddenly great. When you include the 9,400 immediate sales, the total is 13% more sellers than a year ago. That’s where we are right now.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2025

Selling federally owned land to private housing developers may help ease inventory shortages in certain areas — but it’s unlikely to solve the nation’s broader housing crisis, according to a new report from Realtor.com. Development density can dramatically alter how many homes can be built on a given plot of land.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Israeli startup eSelf AI has developed a technology that provides interactive AI real estate agents capable of answering questions and guiding prospective buyers through listings at any time. Looking ahead, Clia believes AI agents could significantly alter real estate sales by reducing reliance on human agents and cutting operational costs.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

New home sales grew over last month in the latest Census report , but homebuilders are now facing a supply issue their inventory is building up. Monthly new home sales have been stagnant for the past two years. When mortgage rates decline, sales improve, but it becomes more challenging for builders and buyers when rates rise.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2025

The good news is that new-home sales in June ticked up slightly compared to May. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), new-home sales in June registered at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 627,000, up 0.6% The poor sales numbers for homebuilders come despite a much-needed infusion of inventory.

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Housing Wire

JULY 15, 2025

Housing inventory growth has been a blessing for the existing home sales market, cooling price growth and giving homebuyers a bit more advantage in 2025. However, I believe we need to separate the existing home sales market from the new home sales market to know how to understand what’s going on. That, however, seems unlikely.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 16, 2025

The regulation takes effect for home sales that close after Oct. Rule modification, industry pushback The home inspection regulation was developed after a public comment period in May, during which EOHLC received more than 100 submissions. Maura Healey, includes multiple initiatives aimed at increasing affordability across the state.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) median sales price data, I will need some cooler price-growth data for my forecast to be correct. Like last year, housing inventory is growing and returning to normal levels while sales remain depressed. Year-over-year, sales declined 2.0% (down from 4.08 million in April.

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Real Estate News

JULY 22, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News By the Numbers Lot sales spike after LA fires amid rebuilding challenges California’s January wildfires ravaged Altadena and the Pacific Palisades, but optimism is helping the communities maintain their spirit.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2025

Why aren’t home sales crashing as they did in 2022? But, housing demand continues to hold up, surprising people who can’t explain why home sales aren’t crashing anymore given elevated mortgage rates. So, let me try to make sense of it. Typically, mortgage rates around 6% are necessary for significant growth in the housing market.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

First-time homebuyers stimulate sales, you know. Kenosha has always been kind of the engine in terms of real estate sales in southeast Wisconsin, she said. So that really kind of hinders our actual total sales and total closings. But our sale prices keep climbing and climbing year over year. They keep the market healthy.

Marketing

Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The brokerage has hired industry veteran Nikol Solares as senior managing director of new development marketing. ” Nikol Solares Solares brings 20 years of experience in luxury development, new construction sales and marketing to her new role. It is the nation’s leading brokerage by sales volume.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

We should note that existing home sales are in the third consecutive year of the lowest sales on record when you adjust to the workforce size. When it comes down to it, the supply and demand model works and new home sales currently today are still below levels we saw during the tech recession in 2001.

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Housing Wire

MAY 17, 2025

Remember, the purchase application data looks out 30-90 days, so you wont see this in this week’s existing home sales report or possibly even next months either. While total pending home sales are slightly higher than last year, it is surprising to see this data remain steady despite elevated rates in 2025.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2025

Real estate technology company Rayse has launched a seller-focused module aimed at helping listing agents provide clearer communication and real-time updates to clients throughout the sales process. In a recent survey commissioned by Rayse, 51% of sellers said they believed their agent spent fewer than 20 hours on the sale.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in July—filed a lawsuit against the lender, appraiser Maksym Mykhailyna and his company, Maverick Appraisal Group , and the appraisal management company Solidifi U.S. And the Detroit-based lender believes it’s a “massive overreach.” ” On Monday, the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2025

If someone had told me that home sales would remain firm this year despite mortgage rates ranging from 7.25% to 6.64%, I would not have taken that bet. Total pending sales The latest weekly total pending sales data from Altos offers valuable insights into current trends in housing demand.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2025

Despite the crazy negative headlines, existing home sales aren’t crashing based on the data we are seeing now. Weekly total pending sales The latest weekly total pending contract data from Altos offers valuable insights into current trends in housing demand. As we can see, the outlook for 2025 appears to be different.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The platform is intended for housing professionals in various sectors, including 5 million loan officers, appraisers , servicers , underwriters , developers, agents, brokers, attorneys and regulators. Through Araya, CoreLogic will give customers access to the data and analytics of nearly all U.S. properties on one platform.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The two best-performing demographics for African Americans — Black female-headed households and millennials — both declined in home sales in 2023,” the organization explained in an announcement of the report’s findings. This development has “significant implications for the housing market.”

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2025

Kobetz, a lifelong Mendocino County resident, transitioned into real estate in 2017 after a career in his family’s motorsports dealership, where he developed sales and finance experience. Founded in 2020 by broker/owner Benjamin Kobetz, the firm will now operate as Century 21 Kobetz Realty.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

The deal involves two of the nations top-four brokerages by sales volume in 2024, according to data from RealTrends Verified. billion across more than 177,000 home sales. billion across nearly 236,000 sales. Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated. Compass ranked No. 1 last year with $184.5

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Chris Raveis, the company’s president of residential sales, welcomed the JRE team in a statement. ” Beaulieu also said the company focuses on developing talent with training, coaching and technology solutions for marketing and sales. “We welcome JRE to our family company.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Our economy faces many challenges persistent high mortgage interest rates , a declining rate of existing home sales, elevated costs for basic goods and services, labor market imbalances, and rising health care costs to name just a few. The FHLBanks are also key players in affordable housing and community development initiatives.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2025

Developers and regulators are locked in a deepening dispute over how to manage the state’s finite water supplies — with the future of real estate , agriculture and sustainability hanging in the balance. They sell their homes and they’re on their way to develop another subdivision.” “They’re done.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

I think there would be even stronger growth and more stability in the market if we had more houses for sale, he added. There is a real risk we may see reduced growth in economic development in the state, which has many ramifications. They want to attract younger employees, including recent college graduates.

Construction

Housing Wire

AUGUST 1, 2025

Santidrian consistently ranks among top agents statewide and brings a track record that includes more than 600 closed transactions and a career sales volume in the hundreds of millions. He launched his real estate career in 2004 with nearly $45 million in sales and followed with $75 million in his second year.

Agents

Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

She said the affiliation will help her agents access professional development resources and expand their reach in the local market. “We She is known for maintaining an active sales presence while also managing her company’s day-to-day operations.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2025

He also contributed to development of the company’s mortgage and title initiatives in the region, and he implemented process improvements tied to sales capture rates. During his time at Compass, he helped its Hinsdale and Glen Ellyn offices become high-performing operations.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2025

While some homeowners are looking to cash in on the equity they’ve built up since the pandemic, these same increases in property values are driving up the number of home sales that the capital gains tax would be applied to. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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Housing Wire

MAY 31, 2025

Its no secret that were in the throes of a housing affordability crisisanybody in the real estate trenches has felt it, in the form of stalled deals, frustrated clients, and collapsed sales. For agents, brokers, developers, and mortgage professionals, the HELPER Act isn’t just good policy, its great businessfor a number of reasons.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2025

In this role, Hauser will oversee brokerage operations throughout the two states, focusing on agent development, market expansion and operational performance. Hauser, a 2024 Vanguard , began her career as a sales associate at Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty , where she eventually becoming the firm’s chief operating officer.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

Founded in 1976, FirstTeam operates more than 46 offices with 2,200-plus sales agents. billion in sales in 2024 and recruited 512 agents during the year. million to $155 million in sales and thats no accident,” said Dave Archuletta of The Archuletta Team. . The firm is among the largest privately held U.S.

Agents

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2024

AI eliminates menial, time-consuming tasks and empowers agents to instead focus on revenue generating activities and deliver essential customer service to sales-ready prospects. Stuart Sim is the VP of Industry Development at Lofty. To contact the editor responsible for this piece: zeb@hwmedia.com

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