President Trump has announced that he will seek to ban institutional investors from acquiring single-family homes. In a post on Truth Social, Trump declared, “For a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American Dream. It was the...
Mortgage application activity ended 2025 and began 2026 on the downturn, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the two-week period ending Jan. 2. The data includes adjustments for the year-end holidays. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s...
A new Home Price Index report from ICE Mortgage Technology found annual home price growth ended 2025 with a mild 0.7% uptick, the smallest calendar-year increase since 2011 when prices fell by 2.9%. The report noted that 2026 is beginning with housing affordability at...
Polymarket, the online prediction market, has teamed with Parcl, the real-time housing data and on-chain real estate platform, in an endeavor that will introduce real estate markets into Polymarket’s betting forums. According to a statement from the companies, the...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: In putting together a list of predictions for what the real estate industry might experience during 2026, I am reminded of the wonderfully warped psychic Criswell, who gained fame and fortune by making bold predictions including claims that an...