The summer doldrums weighted on the Mid-Atlantic markets in the Bright MLS service area, which recorded a 2.8% year-over-year decline in closed sales during July. Last month, there were 20,847 new pending contracts in the Bright MLS service area, down by 1.7% from the...
President Trump has provided a broad hint at his plans for privatizing Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). In a posting on Truth Social, the president posted an AI-generated photo showing him at the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange, with...
Cash-out refinances accounted for 59% of all refinance transactions in the second quarter, according to new data published in Intercontinental Exchange’s (NYSE: ICE) August 2025 Mortgage Monitor report, which noted 70% of those borrowers accepted higher interest...
One year after putting his longtime home in New York’s Shelter Island on the market, comedian Louis CK is listing it again at a significant discount. Realtor.com reports the home is now being offer for $4.3 million, which is less than half of the $9.25 million...
An unwelcome package in the mail, another retailer declaring bankruptcy, and an unlikely new officer at a tenants’ right nonprofit. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 4-8. Miss: A Message from a Kook. The...
Apartment rent growth slowed during July with the national average holding at $1,717, unchanged from June. According to data from Apartments.com, a marketplace of CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), July marked the sixth straight month of flat or negative monthly growth....
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