Mortgage applications for new home purchases during January were up by 19% from the prior month and up by 2% from one year earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). MBA estimated new single-family home sales were running at a seasonally...
Single-family housing starts in December were at a rate of 981,000, according to data from the US Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 4.1% above the revised November figure of 942,000. Privately-owned housing starts in December were...
January’s home sales dropped to their lowest level in the last 12 months despite the largest month-to-month increase in new listings, according to the latest REMAX National Housing Report. Home sales last month plummeted by 32% from December and 6% from January 2025...
Mortgage applications took an upswing for the week ending Feb. 13, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 2.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one...
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes dipped by one point to 36 in February, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Any number under 50 indicates that more builders view...
Zillow Cuts Its Late-2026 Home Sales Outlook as Rents Accelerate
