South Florida Real Estate Gets Increased Inquiries from China

by Phil Hall | Feb 24, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

South Florida’s real estate market has attracted a surplus level of attention from China, according to new data from the Miami Association of Realtors. During January, China topped the list of all countries searching MiamiRealtors.com for properties, with four Chinese...

New Reports Find 2025 Ended with Slowing Home Price Acceleration

by Phil Hall | Feb 24, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Two new data reports have shown home price acceleration continued to slow during the final stretch of 2025. The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller US National Home Price NSA Index reported a 1.3% annual gain in December, in line with the previous month. The 10-City...

Lawsuit Accuses Veterans United Home Loans of False Representation and Steering

by Phil Hall | Feb 24, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Veterans United Home Loans has been hit with a class action lawsuit that accuses the lender of making false claims regarding its ties to the Department of Veterans Affairs while steering borrowers into costlier mortgages. ABC 17 News reports the lawsuit, filed on Feb....

Senate Democrats Offer Bill to Discourage Institutional Investors from Buying Single-Family Homes

by Phil Hall | Feb 24, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Ahead of tonight’s State of the Union address by President Trump, Senate Democrats put forth a proposal that rivals Trump’s call to restrict institutional investors and corporations from buying up single-family homes. Last month, Trump signed an executive order...

Nearly 14% of Home Sales Canceled During January

by Phil Hall | Feb 24, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Nearly 40,000 home sale agreements in January, or 13.7% of homes that went under contract, were canceled. According to data from Redfin, that share is up from 13.1% one year before and marked the highest January share in records dating back to 2017. Redfin attributed...