The Santa Fe, New Mexico-based compound where Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead last year will be listed for sale at $6.25 million. The Wall Street Journal reports the 53-acre estate was purchased by Hackman in the 1990s. The...
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes began 2026 with a downturn, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). For January, the HMI fell two points to 37, well below the 50-mark...
California’s housing market closed 2025 on a high note with sales rising on both a month-over-month and year-over-year measurement. According to data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR), the state recorded 288,200 closed escrow sales of...
Mortgage rates continued their decline in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.06% as of Jan. 15, down from last week when it averaged 6.16%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Foreclosure filings were reported on 367,460 residential properties in 2025, according to data from ATTOM. This marked a 14% increase from 2024 and a 3% uptick from 2023, but it was also down by 25% from pre-pandemic 2019 The 367,460 properties with foreclosure...
A new forecast from Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) is predicting that mortgage payments on a typical home will be affordable in 20 major metropolitan areas by the end of the year. If the forecast is correct, that would be highest level since 2022. In presenting its forecast,...
