A pair of unexpected housing policy proposals, an unfair accusation against a hotel chain, and an unlikely new theme park. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Jan. 5-9. Hit: Who Saw That Coming? The biggest...
Single-family housing starts in October came in at a rate of 874,000, according to data from the US Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development; the report was delayed by the 43-day government shutdown. October’s level was 5.4% above the revised...
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte is demanding that home builders ratchet up production on new housing. In a post on X, Pulte declared, “Builders who do business with Fannie and Freddie (which is most builders) need to start building out their...
President Trump announced he is directing his “representatives” to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds as a strategy for driving down mortgage rates. In a posting on Truth Social, Trump blamed former President Biden for ignoring the housing market and...
Mortgage rates started 2026 on with a mild uptick, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey from Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate averaged 6.16% as of Jan. 8, up slightly from last week when it averaged 6.15%. A year ago at this time, it...
Zillow Cuts Its Late-2026 Home Sales Outlook as Rents Accelerate
