Mortgage rates inched up slightly in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.09% as of Jan. 22, up from last week when it averaged 6.06%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.96%....
December home sales were up by 14.9% from November and were 5.0% higher on a year-over-year measurement, according to a survey of 52 metro areas by REMAX. December’s median sales price of $434,000 was only 1.1% higher than the $429,000 price recorded one year...
A record number of homes worth more than $1 million were sold in Texas between November 2024 and October 2025, according to data from Texas Realtors. The 14,418 homes sold during this period represented a 12% increase year-over-year increase. The combined value of...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached a $2.65 million settlement against four real estate companies and their three owners to resolve allegations they allegedly submitted false claims for federally funded loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)...
Domestic private-label commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) issuance during 2025 totaled $125.6 billion, a nearly 21% year-over-year upswing. According to data from Trepp Inc., this marked the sector’s most active year since the 2008 financial crisis....
Neighborhood Ventures, a Phoenix-headquartered multifamily real estate operator and investment firm, has launched Opportunistic Fund II, a $25 million vehicle aiming to acquire five to eight distressed multifamily properties across high-growth markets, including...
DOJ Drops Investigation into Federal Reserve and Chairman Powell
