Real Estate Markets & Economy
The Fed doesn't have direct control over mortgage rates, but they've come down dramatically as investors are convinced policymakers will cut rates at their 3 remaining 2024 meetings
S&P CoreLogic's report also showed that first-time homebuyers are being impacted most by rising prices, since prices in the lower end of the market are rising more quickly than other tiers
Pending sales of starter homes surged 10.2% in July, reaching their highest point since October 2022 as mortgage rates began to decline, according to data released Monday by Redfin
The team addition will grow SERHANT.'s reach in Florida beyond existing markets of Miami, Tampa and Delray Beach. The firm has recently added 77 agents across all its markets
Agents are having very different experiences in the Midwest compared to the coastal South. Intel breaks down 2 years of Realtor.com data to get to the bottom of this split market
Key factors agents will keep an eye on as the year continues include dream home buying trends, elections, the economy and emerging markets, according to new midyear luxury reports
Active homebuyers are motivated by numerous factors — including a desire to find a larger or nicer home in this high-rate environment — according to the latest Inman-Dig Insights consumer survey
Women's real estate advocate Bobbie Wasserman shares strategies for overcoming hurdles that sometimes block women from optimizing the financial potential of real estate ownership
CEO Brian Bair said in a recent interview that agents no longer view Offerpad as a threat, noting they can make 4% if a client takes the company’s cash offer and the home is updated and resold
Existing-home sales tallied a 1.3% uptick in July following 4 months of declines, according to NAR data released Thursday. However, market headwinds have kept sales sluggish compared to 2023
Doug Miller and Wendy Gilch of Consumer Advocates in American Real Estate revealed to Inman on Tuesday the origins of the Moehrl case and warned that agents will be 'under a microscope'
Falling mortgage rates have more homeowners interested in refinancing, but homebuyers are largely staying on the sidelines. Rates may now be poised for a bigger drop
Affordability challenges will limit growth in home sales to 0.5% this year — to just 4.78M — before surging to 5.19M in 2025, according to the latest housing forecast from Fannie Mae economists
Cardone Capital CEO Grant Cardone slammed VP Kamala Harris' housing policies on Fox Business, saying they will lead to the collapse of the housing market in Democratic-led states
Numbers suggest that the labor market cooled off much faster than previously thought. The Federal Reserve now has a case to make a bigger cut in interest rates come September
Doug Miller of Consumer Advocates in American Real Estate, the initiator behind the first bombshell antitrust lawsuit, sounds alarm against Realtor talking points that 'continue steering'
The slow price growth is attributed to a shortage in housing inventory and limited buyer competition, according to a Redfin report published on Tuesday