Mortgage application activity recorded a slight decline in data from the Mortgage Bankers Association covering the week ending Dec. 13. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 0.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis...
Homebuyers looking for neighbors who share their political views have a new tool to find a community of like-minded voters. Axios reports the tech start-up Oyssey has soft-launched a real estate platform that allows buyers to view block-by-block consumer and political...
Three weeks ahead of New Year’s Eve, Realtor.com has published its forecast for the Top Housing Markets for 2025 – with all the locations based in the South and the West. The new year’s top 10 housing markets, ranked in order, are: Colorado Springs, Colorado...
Consumer confidence in the housing market took an upswing in the latest Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), which increased by 0.4 points to 75.0 during November. The latest reading included a new record-high share of consumers indicated...
A new forecast from Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) is pointing to increased homebuying activity during 2025, although market challenges could slow its progress. Zillow is predicting 4.3 million in existing home sales during the coming year, up slightly from 4.1 million in...
Zillow Cuts Its Late-2026 Home Sales Outlook as Rents Accelerate
