Real Estate Markets & Economy
EXp CEO Leo Pareja said he's hopeful about the busiest season of the year for homebuyers, saying more inventory at varied price points will be key to helping shoppers see beyond elevated rates
Despite global uncertainties, the wealthy continue to show interest in investing in real estate, Douglas Elliman and Knight Frank's The 2025 Wealth Report shows
Requests to refinance surged 37% last week and were up 83% from a year ago after the biggest 1-week decline in mortgage rates since November, the MBA's latest weekly lender survey shows
As March 14 debt ceiling deadline approaches, housing and mortgage finance industries brace for repercussions of DOGE cuts to HUD, FHA and Ginnie Mae workforce and programs
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order aimed at increasing US timber production and launched an investigation into the risks that foreign lumber imports pose to national security
Early results from February's Intel Index survey show agents pulling back slightly from confidence they had in recent months about buyer and seller client pipelines improving in the next year
After moving in the wrong direction for 3 months, annual inflation cooled to 2.5% in January. But the biggest drop in consumer spending since 2021 has 1 model predicting a shrinking economy
At the end of January, there were 172,209 homes on the market — the most Florida has ever seen. That's a 22.7% jump from last year, according to Redfin's data analysis
Dec. 23 RESPA complaint that accused Rocket Homes of favoring real estate agents who steered clients to Rocket Mortgage is dismissed 'without prejudice' by the CFPB's new leadership
Redfin posted double-digit revenue growth in Q4 earnings Thursday. The company's $100M Zillow rental syndication deal has opened the door for greater advertising spend, CEO Glenn Kelman said
The iBuyer's $1.1B in Q4 revenue wasn't enough to offset a loss of $113M. However, CEO Carrie Wheeler said the company entered 2025 as 'a leaner, more efficient business'
Total revenue was $169.7M, up 8% compared to a year earlier, boosted by its 1.2 million subscribers as the company bolstered its ongoing revenue streams
CoStar Group announced plans on Monday to add 1K new employees to its Richmond, Virginia, campus. The hiring push also comes with cuts to a number of unspecified teams
The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), which tracks home sales based on contract signings, dropped 4.6% to 70.6 in January, marking an all-time low, according to NAR data
Since 2020, US home values have risen by 45.3%, meaning more than 10 years of typical home value growth has been packed into a 5-year period, a new report from Zillow shows
The company agreed to unspecified business practice changes and to make the payment to move forward from the commission lawsuits in Canada, which largely mirrored those filed in the US
Compared to December, new-home sales dropped 10.5% to a seasonally adjusted rate of 657K, according to US Census Bureau data