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Residential Property Vacancy Rate Holds Steady at 1.3%

Residential Property Vacancy Rate Holds Steady at 1.3%

by Phil Hall | Aug 28, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A new data report from ATTOM found 1.3% of residential properties were vacant in the third quarter of the year. That was the same rate as the previous quarter as well as the third quarter of 2025. Out of the country’s 104.6 million residential properties, 259,666 were...
Alabama Home Sales Surge by 20% Year-Over-Year

Alabama Home Sales Surge by 20% Year-Over-Year

by Phil Hall | Aug 28, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Alabama’s housing market heated up in July with 7,361 home sales, a solid 19.8% spike from one year before. Sales were also up by 3.1% from June. According to data from the Alabama Association of Realtors (AAR), July’s 22,006 active listings marked a post-pandemic...
More Homes Are Hitting the Market. Fewer Buyers Are Stepping Up

More Homes Are Hitting the Market. Fewer Buyers Are Stepping Up

by John G. Stevens | Aug 28, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The late-summer housing market is giving buyers something they have spent much of the past several years waiting for: leverage. Whether enough buyers can afford to use it is another question. New listings rose 0.4% from the previous week during the four weeks ending...
Sun Communities Names Robert Garechana as EVP and CFO

Sun Communities Names Robert Garechana as EVP and CFO

by Phil Hall | Aug 28, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE: SUI). a real estate investment trust that owns and operates manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities, has hired Robert Garechana as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Sept. 8. Garechana succeeds...
Real REMAX Stops Selling New Motto Mortgage Franchises After Merger

Real REMAX Stops Selling New Motto Mortgage Franchises After Merger

by John G. Stevens | Aug 28, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Real REMAX Group is already making a significant change to its mortgage strategy, just days after completing the combination of The Real Brokerage and REMAX. The newly combined company will stop selling new Motto Mortgage franchises and no longer invest in expanding...
Warsh Says Housing Is Strained, but Inflation Still Comes First at the Fed

Warsh Says Housing Is Strained, but Inflation Still Comes First at the Fed

by John G. Stevens | Aug 28, 2026 | Industry Updates, Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh delivered a difficult message for the housing industry Friday: The Fed sees the strain in housing, but that weakness is not enough to shift its attention away from inflation. Speaking at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s...
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