U.S. Housing Market
Coastal Florida and LA Metro Area Top List of 2025’s Most Expensive Home Sales
2200 Gordon Dr. in Naples, Florida, was the most expensive home sale of the year at $133 million. Continue Reading Coastal Florida and LA Metro Area Top List of 2025’s Most Expensive Home Sales
NYC Mayor Mamdani to Host ‘Rental Rip-Off’ Hearings
The dates and locations for the hearings have yet to be scheduled. Continue Reading NYC Mayor Mamdani to Host ‘Rental Rip-Off’ Hearings
Kentucky Home Sales Up During July
July’s median sales price of $279,900 marked a 1.81% decline from June, but it was also 5.6% higher than July 2024’s price. Continue Reading Kentucky Home Sales Up During July
America’s Most Expensive ZIP Code Is…
The top ranked Fisher Island section of Miami Beach’s $11.9 million median listing price is more than 27 times the national median. Continue Reading America’s Most Expensive ZIP Code Is…
FHFA’s Pulte Debuts New Ad for ‘Great American Mortgage Corporation’
The advertisement touts President Trump as a leader “who stands by us and the basic principle that all Americans deserve to dream and dream big.” Continue Reading FHFA’s Pulte Debuts New Ad for ‘Great American Mortgage Corporation’
Will US Housing Crash The Economy?
Source: Bloomberg --- Welcome to Money Distilled. I’m John Stepek. Every week day I look at the biggest stories in markets and economics, and explain what it all means for your money. Could US Housing Crash The Economy? I’ve realised that one of the phrases I use most...
US housing market sees $2.3T drop in value, biggest since 2008
Source: Fox Business --- The U.S. housing market suffered the biggest drop in value since 2008 as home prices came crashing down. That's according to a new report from real estate brokerage firm Redfin, which showed that the total value of U.S. homes tumbled from a...
Home Prices Just Hit the Skids: ‘The Balance Is Shifting’
Source: Realtor.com --- The housing market today remains in a hazy no man’s land, with neither buyer nor seller willing to surrender what little control they have. Buyers face the dual enemies of high home prices and mortgage rates, which have been bouncing between 6%...
Housing Market Recovery Held Back by Costs, Low Supply
According to a new report from RedFin, an online real estate brokerage, home-purchase applications dropped to the lowest level since 1995 last week as mortgage rates jumped on expectations that the Federal Reserve will need to raise interest rates again to combat...
Coast Energy Developing Solar Projects in New York
Coast Energy, an independent power producer that develops, owns and operates renewable distributed generation and storage projects for commercial and industrial (C&I) real estate, announced that it has acquired an 8.6 megawatt project in the Town of Brookhaven on...
Housing Market Update: Sale Prices Flatten, Demand For Mortgages Falls As Rates Climb
Source: Redfin --- As mortgage rates rise, serious homebuyers are scarce. But plenty of people are searching for homes online and touring them, waiting until rates decline to buy. The median U.S. home-sale price was $348,000 during the four weeks ending February 19,...
That 3% Mortgage Just Keeps Getting Better
Source: The Washington Post --- The economy has been stronger and inflation stickier than markets and forecasters expected at the start of 2023, prompting traders to place bets that the Federal Reserve could ultimately raise rates as high as 6% — a level not seen...
Mortgage Rates Surge as Inflation Lingers
Source: US News --- Mortgage rates jumped higher for the second week in a row as investors worry sticky inflation will cause more hawkish policy decisions from the Federal Reserve. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.73%, from 6.55% the previous week....
U.S. Homebuyers Start To Regain Upper Hand in 2023
Source: Investopedia --- Chris Donoso and Yefry Rodriguez's year-long search for their home, a two-family property in Jersey City, N.J., took more than a little patience—and a motivated seller who cut the price by $10,000. "We got very lucky,'' said Donoso, a speech...
‘Home sales are bottoming out’: Are homebuyers now calling the shots in 2023 housing market?
Source: USA Today --- Buyers might finally be calling the shots in 2023, as housing inventory while still low, has started to climb up. Existing-home sales fell for the twelfth straight month in January, with year-over-year sales falling 37%, the biggest decline since...
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