Opinion
The real estate industry has survived recessions, financial crises, pandemic shutdowns and rate spikes. Darryl Davis writes that a commitment to genuine service is the reason
Rebounding mortgage rates didn't stop buyers from shopping for deals last week, with requests for purchase loans up 6% last week compared to the week before and 31% from a year ago
Mortgage rates hit a new 2025 low of 6.12 percent on Oct. 28, but have been on the rise after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said there's no guarantee the Fed will cut rates for a third time in December
Housing data, mortgage rates, federally-backed home loans, flood insurance and the Washington, DC, housing market are all already starting to feel the impacts
Investors seeking safety in bonds and mortgage-backed securities can bring rates down. Yields on 10-year Treasurys fell 4 basis points on first day of shutdown
Real estate agents' clients were more directly affected by tariff policy in July than in previous months as costs began to stack up for US importers
Purchase loan applications soared 10% last week to the highest level since April, even though rates have been stuck in the high 6s, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday
Unable to attend NAR midyear in person, President Donald Trump sent a 2-minute video lauding Realtors' work and praising his One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Advance GDP reading suggests the economy shrank by 0.3% during Q1, as a rush by businesses to import goods before tariffs took hold and government spending cuts dented growth
Core inflation rose less in November than had been expected, in part because housing costs rose at a slower pace, Pantheon Macroeconomics Chief US Economist Samuel Tombs said
Progress in taming inflation slowed in October, but futures market investors think the latest numbers increase the odds of another Federal Reserve rate cut next month
NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun says tax reform should get the U.S. economy back to 3% growth in 2018
Massachusetts, New Jersey and Maryland follow closely behind
Howmuch.net paints 3D picture of best GDP growth by metro area — will housing market gains in those cities follow that success?