Gary Gensler announced he will resign as chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) effective at 12:00 p.m. EST on Jan. 20, 2025 – the same time and day when President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated to start his second administration. Gensler began...
Florida’s housing market recorded higher inventory levels and an easing for median price acceleration during October, according to data from Florida Realtors. The Sunshine State had a 4.7-month supply of single-family existing homes last month, up 34.3%...
Home prices in New York State soared in October as home sales continued to decline. According to data from the New York State Association of Realtors, the median price of a home statewide rose 11% last month to $415,000, up from $374,000 in October 2023. This marked...
Elon Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has taken aim at the surplus of vacant office properties allocated to federal agencies. The DOGE channel on X ran headline from the Washington Times that announced: “Nearly 90% of feds’ office in D.C. going to...
Mortgage rates were on the rise again in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.84% as of Nov. 21, up from last week when it averaged 6.78%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Existing home sales recorded its first year-over-year upswing since July 2021, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Total existing-home sales were up 3.4% from September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.96 million in October....
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 15-19
