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Existing Home Sales Inch Up by 0.2%

Existing Home Sales Inch Up by 0.2%

by Phil Hall | May 11, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Existing home sales during increased squeaked up by 0.2% from March, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). There was no change from the volume of sales recorded one year earlier. Month-over-month sales increased in the Midwest and the South, were...
Redfin Listings Now Include Sunscore, a Property-Level Analysis of Natural Light

Redfin Listings Now Include Sunscore, a Property-Level Analysis of Natural Light

by Phil Hall | May 11, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate Agent Tools, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Redfin announced the US debut of Sunscore, a property-level score that informs prospective buyers how much natural light a residential property receives. The launch marks an exclusive US partnership with the Austrian company Shadowmap, which developed Sunscore’s...
Mortgage Rates Up for Second Straight Week

Mortgage Rates Up for Second Straight Week

by Phil Hall | May 7, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Mortgage rates were on the rise for the second consecutive week, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.37% as of May 7, up from last week when it averaged 6.30%. A year ago at...
Home Equity Rates Declined in Q1

Home Equity Rates Declined in Q1

by Phil Hall | May 7, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A new data report from ATTOM determined that 43.3% of mortgaged residential properties during the first quarter were equity rich, down from 44.6% in the previous quarter. This marked the lowest share of equity rich residential properties since the fourth quarter of...
Urban Construction Accounted for 11% of New Q1 Listings

Urban Construction Accounted for 11% of New Q1 Listings

by Phil Hall | May 7, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Only 10.9% of new housing construction listings were in urban ZIP Codes during the first quarter of this year, according to new data from Realtor.com. However, urban new construction carries a 78.4% price premium over urban existing homes, with a median listing price...
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