I keep hearing some version of the same conversation in housing. When the Fed finally gets rates down, buyers will come back. Mortgage rates will improve. Transactions will pick up. Maybe we can finally get this market moving again. I understand why people think that...
Mortgage rates declined for the second consecutive week, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.65% as of Aug. 20, down from last week when it averaged 6.67%. A year ago at...
A new data report from ATTOM has determined that 41.1% of mortgaged residential properties in the second quarter were equity-rich, down from 43.3% in the first quarter and from 47.4% in the second quarter of 2025. After four straight quarters of decline, the national...
A total of 7,512 existing home sales were recorded in Wisconsin during July, an 8.1% year-over-year upswing. According to data from the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA), the strong demand for homes resulted in a slight reduction in months of inventory, which...
Mortgage applications for new home purchases during July were down by 1% from the prior month and down 5.7% from one year before, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The MBA estimated new single-family home sales were running at a...
The multifamily real estate developer Alliance Residential has opened The Breckyn, a new community in the Dallas suburb of McKinney, Texas. The Breckyn offers one- and two-bedroom apartments, with layouts ranging from 731 to 1,191 square feet. Select homes offer...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: So, I Asked ChatGPT to Predict 2027’s Housing Mark…
