A major retailer shutting down stores, a federal regulator being pressed for transparency and living in a Mercedes-Benz (but not a car). From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of Feb. 25 to March 1. Miss: No Miracle on...
Sales of new single‐family houses in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 664,000, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 8% above the revised November rate of 615,000 and is...
The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) closed 2023 on the upswing with a 2.9-point rise in December to 67.2. The year-end increase was attributed to a spike in the number of consumers expecting mortgage rates to go down over the next 12...
The median U.S. mortgage payment during the four weeks ending Dec. 31 was $2,361, according to data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). This represents a $372 decline (-14%) from October’s all-time high to the lowest level in nearly a year. As payment levels decline, buyer...
Only 15.5% of homes for sale in 2023 were affordable for the typical U.S. household, according to new data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN). This presents a drop from 20.7 in 2022 for a new record low; prior to the pandemic, more than 40% of homes were affordable. Redfin...
Massachusetts High Court Upholds Transit-Zoning Mandate for 177 Communities
