Kentucky recorded a total of 3,880 homes sold during December, a 14.5% increase from the prior month and a 6.2% rise from one year earlier. According to data from Kentucky Realtors, last month’s 3,501 new listings represented a 28.9% decline from November, but it was...
President Trump and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte have renewed their attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. In a posting on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Mortgage Rates just hit a Three Year Low despite Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell, and his...
Celebrity brokers Ryan Serhant and Chrishell Stause have no problems selling luxury real estate on television, but can they sell roast beef meals? The glamorous stars of “Owning Manhattan” and “Selling Sunset” are spoofing their dealmaking skills in a new advertising...
Wisconsin recorded a total of 5,446 closed sales in December, a 4.4% year-over-year increase. According to data from the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA), the sales bump occurred despite a 5.9% year-over-year decline in new listings (only 3,149 for the month) and...
First American Title Insurance Company, a subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), is now offering its customers a free property title monitoring and fraud alert service. According to the company, the service notifies homeowners of new...
Ginnie Mae announced it generated a total issuance was $526.4 billion for its fiscal year 2025, a 7.2% year-over-year increase in the outstanding portfolio. As a result of this issuance total, the agency’s mortgage-backed securities portfolio grew by $190.9 billion to...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of March 23-27
