The late-summer housing market is giving buyers something they have spent much of the past several years waiting for: leverage. Whether enough buyers can afford to use it is another question. New listings rose 0.4% from the previous week during the four weeks ending...
I have lost track of how many times housing has supposedly been six months away from getting better. There is always another forecast. Rates are going to come down in the spring. Buyers will return after some future event. Inventory will improve next year. The Fed...
Illinois recorded 12,555 home sales in May, a 1.5% decline from the 12,750 sold one year earlier. According to data from Illinois Realtors, the 19,719 homes available for sale statewide last month were 7.7% less than the 21,356 homes available in May 2025. However,...
A total of 6,331 homes were sold in Maryland during May, a 2.8% decline from the 6,555 transactions recorded one year earlier. According to data from Maryland Realtors, the state’s active housing inventory last month totaled 15,395 properties for sale, a 16.4% drop...
Fewer homes on the market, a stalled wind energy project gets reanimated, and an ancient Roman stadium is unearthed. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Sept. 22-26. Miss: Rut Roh. The most jolting data news story...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
