U.S. Housing Market
Fannie and Freddie Conforming Loan Limits Raised for 2026
The increase is linked to the 3.26% house price increase recorded between the third quarters of 2024 and 2025. Continue Reading Fannie and Freddie Conforming Loan Limits Raised for 2026
Report: Home Delistings Up 28% Year-Over-Year
Roughly one in five homes that were delisted over the summer were re-listed within three months. Continue Reading Report: Home Delistings Up 28% Year-Over-Year
66-Unit Connecticut Multifamily Property Sells for $20.7 Million
The sale of Putnam Green, which was built in 1976, is the largest multifamily transaction in Greenwich since 2012. Continue Reading 66-Unit Connecticut Multifamily Property Sells for $20.7 Million
DC-Area Real Estate Agents Report DOGE Impacts on Home Selling
The median home price in the DC region was up 3.1% compared to a year ago, hitting a new record high of $659,950. Continue Reading DC-Area Real Estate Agents Report DOGE Impacts on Home Selling
The Best- and Worst-Run Cities of 2025 Are…
WalletHub cited Provo’s 5.2% business growth rate, low violent crime and property crime rates, and a median household income growing at nearly 8.4%. Continue Reading The Best- and Worst-Run Cities of 2025 Are…
What Charles Darwin Is Teaching Real-Estate Investors
Source: Forbes --- Commercial real-estate, long a safe harbor for investors, must evolve or die. Threats to the once irrepressible growth in the value of commercial real estate are crowding in, denying the fainting market the air it needs. Inflation, now galloping at...
Rising seas fueled by climate change to swamp $34B in US real estate in just 30 years, analysis finds
Source: USA Today --- Higher high tides, supercharged by rising sea levels, could flood all or parts of an estimated $34 billion worth of real estate along the nation’s coasts within just 30 years, a new report concludes. Within the span of a 30-year mortgage, as many...
What Is Wholesale Real Estate?
Source: Investopedia --- Investing in real estate is nothing like investing in stocks and bonds. With the latter two, depending on the type of investment, you may be able to dive right in with perhaps as little as $100. You can exit whenever you wish. It's not that...
U.S. home prices see biggest monthly drop in 11 years. It’s weighing on homeowner wealth
Source: Deseret News --- After two years of runaway price growth, the U.S. housing market has hit a tipping point. Home price growth has been decelerating for months now as the U.S. market cools from the pandemic frenzy. But in July, that shifted to an actual decline...
US housing market to remain ‘especially frigid’ as mortgage rates spike: Redfin
Source: New York Post --- The housing market’s ongoing slowdown will continue through the end of the year as surging mortgage rates discourage prospective homebuyers, according to the latest analysis by real estate firm Redfin. Redfin noted a “nosedive” in...
5 things to consider if you’re choosing between a 15-year and a 30-year mortgage
Source: CNBC --- One of the most important parts of taking on a mortgage to buy a house is making sure the terms of the loan best suit your financial needs. Not only does this involve securing the lowest interest rate possible, it also means choosing the right...
Real estate: ‘Coastal markets are going to start declining,’ Fundrise CEO says
Source: Yahoo Finance --- SEANA SMITH: After a hot couple of years, the housing market finally cooling off, but that doesn't mean that there aren't opportunities to invest in this space. Ben Miller, the co-founder and CEO of Fundrise, joins us now. Ben, since the last...
Make an offer — something real estate agents haven’t said in a long time
Source: WTop News--- For the first time in nearly 18 months, the average home sold for less than list price in August, according to a market analysis by real estate company Redfin. Not a lot less, and not enough to raise a red flag for the “sell side” of the housing...
Liz Weston: Should you tap your home equity as real estate values rise?
Source: Oregon Live --- Soaring real estate values mean many homeowners are awash in equity — the difference between what they owe and what their homes are worth. The average-priced home is up 42% since the start of the pandemic, and the average homeowner with a...
‘Housing correction’ is coming. What homeowners, buyers and sellers should know.
Source: M Live --- Coming out of the pandemic shutdown lit the match for housing demand, and it’s been burning hot for nearly two years straight — but a housing correction is finally on the horizon. Two-thirds of the nation’s largest housing markets are overvalued,...
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