The Mid-Atlantic region tracked by Bright MLS recorded 235,565 total home sales in 2025, up by a scant 0.1% compared to 2024. But while December sales were up 3.8% year-over-year, that year-end bump-up wasn’t enough to offset the year’s lethargic sales total. Last...
Sales of new single-family houses during October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 737,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 0.1% below the September rate of...
The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal has called on President Trump to fire Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. In an editorial titled “Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition,” the Journal identified Pulte as the mastermind behind...
The level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased by $53.4 billion (1.1%) during the third quarter of 2025, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Total commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose to $4.93...
A federal judge has reversed the suspension for work on Revolution Wind, one of the five offshore wind projects halted by the Trump administration. According to combined media reports, Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee on the US District Court for the District...
Illinois Gov. Pritzker: Don’t Blame Me for High Property Taxes
