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New Jersey Home Sales Slump While Prices Keep Rising

New Jersey Home Sales Slump While Prices Keep Rising

by Phil Hall | Dec 26, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

New Jersey recorded 4,332 single-family closed sales during November, an 8.2% decline from the 4,721 transactions recorded one year earlier. Pending sales totaled 3,999, a 7.9% drop from the 4,343 pending sales in November 2024. According to data from New Jersey...
$15 Million Allocated for Virginia Workforce Housing Investment Program

$15 Million Allocated for Virginia Workforce Housing Investment Program

by Phil Hall | Dec 26, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced the allocation of over $15 million in funding for the Virginia Workforce Housing Investment Program. The program provides loans, loan subsidies, and grants to support communities developing housing for homeowners and renters making 80% to...
Freddie Mac’s Christmas Gift: Mortgage Rates Continue to Decline

Freddie Mac’s Christmas Gift: Mortgage Rates Continue to Decline

by Phil Hall | Dec 24, 2025 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) reported new mortgage rate declines in the Christmas Eve edition of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.18% as of Dec. 24, down from last week when it averaged 6.21%. A year ago at this time, it...
Alabama Recorded Increase in Home Sales During November

Alabama Recorded Increase in Home Sales During November

by Phil Hall | Dec 24, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Alabama experienced 5,778 homes sales in November, a scant 0.1% uptick from the prior month and a 3.8% increase from one year earlier. According to data from the Alabama Association of Realtors (AAR), the 20,725 active monthly listings at the end of November marked...
Mortgage Application Activity Down by 5%

Mortgage Application Activity Down by 5%

by Phil Hall | Dec 24, 2025 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Ahead of the Christmas holiday break, fewer prospective homebuyers were filling out mortgage applications, according to from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the week ending Dec. 19. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application...
Minnesota Mayors Blame Reckless State Spending for Property Tax Hikes

Minnesota Mayors Blame Reckless State Spending for Property Tax Hikes

by Phil Hall | Dec 23, 2025 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Nearly 100 mayors of Minnesota localities have signed a letter criticizing state legislators for spending at reckless levels that forced their cities to raise property taxes. KNSI reports the mayors expressed outrage to legislators and Gov. Tim Walz that the...
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