Homebuying has not been this affordable since May: ICE

The decline in mortgage rates in November helped financially strained homebuyers, according to ICE Mortgage Technology‘s latest Home Price Index data. It took $279...

TransUnion to launch new property insights tool

TransUnion released a new portfolio management solution designed to help lenders assess the riskiness of a portfolio from a property value perspective, the...

REBNY vows to fight copycat commission lawsuit

In the face of a copycat commission lawsuit, the Real Estate Board of New York has vowed to fight. In an email blast...

Please clap: Inflation cooled more than expected in June

The Consumer Price Index fell 3% in June on an annual basis, a sharper decrease than economists had anticipated. It’s a shot in...

The 8% mortgage is here

Rates on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage eclipsed 8% this week as the Treasury yield surpassed 4.9% for the first time since 2007, according...

Top indie brokerage John L. Scott acquires Sterling Johnston Real Estate

West Coast juggernaut independent brokerage John L. Scott Real Estate has acquired boutique brokerage Sterling Johnston Real Estate in Redmond, Washington. The acquisition...

14 real estate trends Gen Z buyers are looking for

Baby boomers and millennials have dominated the home-buying conversation in recent decades, but a new generation of homeowners is browsing online listings, heading...

Low inventory drives U.S. home prices up 5.5% year over year in Q3: FHFA

U.S. house prices rallied again in the third quarter of 2023. In fact, home prices rose 2.1% quarter over quarter and 5.5% year...

Existing-home sales have nowhere to go but up in 2024? 

Elevated mortgage rates and high home prices pushed sales of existing homes down again in October to the lowest monthly pace since August...

Where the NAR is losing members

The National Association of Realtors saw its membership numbers drop 1.11% during the last month of the year, as 17,489 former members let...