Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

The past few days have been highly turbulent for the stock and bond markets, resulting in dramatic shifts in mortgage rate pricing. That’s because the labor data didnt warrant the bond market buying. However, we got as low as 3.87% recently due to market volatility. For the most part, we have stayed in that range.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

There will absolutely be increased pressure on the housing market as we come out of the wildfires that we’re seeing now, and that will be particularly difficult for rental properties, Brugger said.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The most positive development in the housing market over 2024 has been the increase in active housing inventory , which is approaching the levels seen in 2019. Although those 2019 levels represent a five-decade low before COVID-19, the market was still functioning better than it did from 2020 to 2023. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

housing market is experiencing its largest-ever imbalance between home sellers and buyers, with an estimated 1.9 Two years ago, the market favored buyers. housing market has shifted toward buyers, but a lot of sellers have yet to see or accept the writing on the wall,” Asad Khan, a Redfin senior economist, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2025

Soaring home prices, limited inventory and elevated mortgage rates have exacerbated the housing affordability crisis in many housing markets when viewed in the context of household incomes, which have remained generally stagnant. The same study shows where housing is the most affordable.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 7, 2025

While the housing market seems like the least of our financial worries right now as stock markets are melting down around the globe, we track housing here at HousingWire, so it opens the question: how quickly could we see impact in the housing market and in which data would we see it first? We can lose our jobs.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2025

Industry professionals were full of optimism heading into the spring that the housing market could pick up after a sluggish start to 2025. Existing-home sales are hovering around 4 million and many markets that are typically fruitful for homebuilders have stalled. But more markets are being downgraded from normal to slow.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

housing market has shown signs of slowing, demand remains strong in key Midwest and Northeast cities, where homes are selling weeks faster than the national average, according to Realtor.com s Hottest Markets Report for February. There’s still a lot of first-time homebuyers in the market too. They keep the market healthy.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

Unfortunately, we also had a huge spike in mortgage rates as the chaos of tariffs roiled markets, making U.S. So the question is, will this little bit of market momentum be able to hold up? Unsold inventory of homes on the market has been rising for years and is already at the highest level since 2019 nationally.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2025

The housing market continued to cool in May, with buyer leverage increasing across many regions of the country, according to a new survey from The Real Brokerage. and Canada — points to softening transaction activity and a shift in market power toward homebuyers. Another 29% said the market is balanced. in May, down from 47.8

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Housing Wire

JUNE 5, 2025

The luxury housing market lost momentum in April as financial uncertainty prompted many high-end buyers and sellers to hold off on transactions, according to a new report from Zillow. Despite a slowdown in market activity, prices have continued to rise, with luxury home values increasing 2.7% growth seen in the broader housing market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2025

Industry debate around off-market listings or pocket listings has become increasingly heated. For Willoughby, founder of The Jaymes Willoughby Team with Keller Williams Realty , off-market listings are a gamble that rarely pays off for sellers. Some agents use off-market listings as a way to double-dip commissions, Willoughby said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2025

As the real estate industry faces unprecedented transformation, Century 21 Real Estate has stayed active through aggressive franchise growth, market consolidation and engagement with evolving homebuyer demographics. We announced numerous recent moves in markets including California , Florida , Oregon , Georgia , Colorado and Nevada.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

consumer sentiment toward the housing market improved in May and reached its highest level since November 2024, according to Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) rose 4.3 points to 73.5

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2025

Conventional marketing is on life support; bloated email blasts, generic landing pages, lead forms no one fills out. That’s where conversational marketing steps in. Conversational marketing solves this by doing what your best recruiter or ISA would do if they had unlimited bandwidth: ask smart questions, listen closely, and act fast.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2025

The 2025 Mid-Year Luxury Outlook highlights that the luxury housing sector remains a strategic asset for those who are navigating inflation , stock market shifts and global uncertainties while continuing to invest heavily in high-end properties. Wealthy U.S. a provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

market is led by company founder Adam Stern, who has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. Canadian-based RARE Real Estate has launched operations in South Florida , marking its official entry into the U.S. ” RARE’s entry into the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

They point to programs like Compass Private Exclusives, which allow sellers to “pre-market” their homes to an internal network before listing publicly. A narrowing of opportunity and reduced market visibility that runs counter to the spirit of fair housing. of total market volume and an industry-leading 11.3%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

During last week’s earnings call, PennyMac Financial Services chairman and CEO David Spector said during a Q&A with investors and analysts that the company’s goals include continued growth in its broker direct channel and 10% market share by the end of 2026 a goal of more than 100% growth over the next 18 months.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2025

The biggest market for equity release over the next decade, the report projects, will be the U.S. The report lists such factors as lack of knowledge and/or awareness, constrained funding, elevated interest rates and other “market-specific barriers” inside various nations. The data was picked up by U.K.-based billion to $14.2

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Housing markets across the country are getting a much-needed infusion of inventory, as the number of homes for sale and new listings are running well ahead of last years pace. Overall, inventory nationally is currently 31% higher than this time in 2024, with annual percentage gains in most markets running well into double digits.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2025

Weve entered the busiest season in the real estate industry at the same time that markets are more uncertain than ever. Current market uncertainty may increase the already stressful process of selling a home. This is a crucial time for agents to act as trusted guides to their clients, particularly first-time sellers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2025

Preparing for the summer season typically a peak period in most real estate markets requires strategic planning and a keen focus on the client experience. Competition can heat up quickly and as a global brokerage, heres how were preparing for a successful luxury summer selling season across the markets we serve and how you can do the same.

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JUNE 26, 2025

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

Here are seven ways that a claw machine is similar to today’s real estate market — and why you can still win. It feels that way in the real estate market right now, where inventory is tight (except where it’s not), interest rates are unpredictable, the economy is changeable, buyers are cautious and sellers are stubborn.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2025

Both events could have a domino effect on the mortgage market. “They both obviously impact the housing market, right? One is that they typically cause oil prices to go up…but the other thing it does is it causes a lot of uncertainty in the market and pushes investors into safer assets, like U.S. Treasuries.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2025

Speaking with host Tracey Velt at HousingWire ’s The Gathering , Buffini addressed the pressures that brokers and team leaders face amid market volatility and shifting agent performance. You’re just trying to grab onto a rock in markets like that. Dermot Buffini, the CEO of Buffini & Co. Buffini: Momentum is a big deal.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 14, 2025

Typically, mortgage rates around 6% are necessary for significant growth in the housing market. We experienced some drama with the spreads as the markets dealt with the tariffs , but things have improved as the market has calmed down. The seasonal peak period for our data has ended. Not too shabby if you ask me.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2025

Active housing inventory is returning to the levels we experienced before the pandemic, which means the chaotic and unhealthy housing market of the last several years is finally a thing of the past. For the housing market to remain functional for decades to come, this adjustment was necessary. million and 1.93 Why Is this Important?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2025

Mortgage rates recently hit a year-to-date low, coinciding with ongoing market disruptions from tariffs. The more encouraging story, however, is that the spring season is shaping up positively for the housing market. With a backdrop of market volatility, the spreads got worse last week. Stay alert for breaking news.

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