In brief: Mortgage rates finally moved lower last week, but homebuyers and refinancing borrowers pulled back anyway. The latest industry survey points to a fall housing market in which a modest improvement in financing costs is not enough to restore demand. U.S....
In brief: A growing share of U.S. housing markets now gives buyers more room to negotiate, but that leverage is not translating into affordability. A new national market analysis finds that rising mortgage rates wiped more than $22,000 from the purchasing power of a...
Homes priced in the entry-level tier now account for 36.2% of active U.S. listings, down from 38.1% in August 2019, according to a Realtor.com analysis released October 8. Over that span, the national price threshold defining a starter home rose from about $260,000 to...
Realtor.com is expanding its RealAssist artificial-intelligence tools from consumer home search into the daily workflow of real estate agents, adding an AI layer to Realtor.com+ that can build searches, summarize client activity and recommend actions. The company...
A long-discussed demographic shift in American housing is beginning to move from theory into measurable supply — but it is unlikely to deliver the starter-home windfall many buyers have been waiting for. A new Realtor.com Generational Housing Succession analysis...