Mortgage Rates Rise for Third Straight Week

by Phil Hall | Jul 23, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Mortgage rates inched up for the third straight week in the Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed rate mortgage averaged 6.58% as of July 23, up from last week when it averaged 6.55%. A year ago at this time, it...

Harvard Forecast Points to Slowing in Remodeling Market

by Phil Hall | Jul 23, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A new forecast is predicting a considerable slowing for the remodeling market next year. According to the latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity data from the Remodeling Futures Program at Harvard’s University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, annual...

Wisconsin Records ‘Healthy Bounce’ in June Home Sales

by Phil Hall | Jul 23, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Wisconsin recorded 7,768 home sales in June, a 5.9% year-over-year increase, while year-to-date sales were up 3.7% compared to the first half of last year. According to the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA), the statewide median price was also up 5.9%...

Q2 Coworking Space Inventory Up 2.7%

by Phil Hall | Jul 23, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The national inventory for the US coworking market rose 2.7% from the first to second quarter of this year, reaching a total of 9,384 spaces. According to data from CoworkingCafe, the national square footage for this sector stood at 166.36 million square feet, up 1.5%...

Texas Real Estate Agent Arrested in 2012 Murder Case

by Phil Hall | Jul 23, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Texas real estate agent was arrested for stabbing a woman to death in her apartment over 14 years ago. The New York Post reports Mayra Velasquez was apprehended for the killing of Irasema Chavez, who was found in her Arlington, Texas, apartment on Jan. 20, 2012,...