Pending home sales in July declined by 2.3% month-over-month and 2.2% year-over-year, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Last month’s sales total was the lowest level since January. Regionally, month-over-month pending home sales declined across...
Single-family housing starts in July were at a rate of 808,000, which is 9.9% below the revised June figure of 897,000, according to data from the US Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development. Privately-owned housing starts in July were at a...
Cash purchases accounted for 31.4% of home sales during the first four months of 2026, down from 32.3% in the same period last year, according to data from Realtor.com. While total home sales fell 8.5% year-over-year, the number of cash sales dropped by 11.2% as the...
Utah lawmakers are planning to introduce legislation that would override local zoning rules and allow single-family homes between 1,000 and 1,400 square feet to be built on smaller lots statewide. Building Salt Lake reports Steve Waldrip, senior advisor for housing...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it will no longer publish what it describes as “unverified complaint narratives and visualizations” submitted against financial services companies. In a press statement, the agency claimed these...
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