Home prices are holding up in the Midwest and Northeast, but have come down from a year ago in more than 70% of Western markets and 40% of Southern markets
Mortgage rates have stabilized and more inventory is coming online, but applications for purchase loans fell by a seasonally adjusted 6% last week compared to the week before
Pending home sales fell MOM and YOY in June, according to the National Association of Realtors. Economists are split on what the decline means as buyers navigate wider economic fears
Existing-home sales declined by 2.7% from May 2025 but held steady compared to one year ago. Mortgage rates and high home prices continue to dissuade potential buyers
Negative buyer and builder sentiment matched with growing economic uncertainty to stifle new construction in June, with single-family permits, starts and completions taking the biggest hit
Why are active homebuyers now ready to list their old properties? The reasons vary by individual but display regional trends that track with national recovery, the Inman-Dig Insights survey found
New numbers from the National Association of Realtors show that pending sales rose 1.1% year over year in May
Even with more inventory entering the market, homebuyers are struggling with elevated mortgage rates, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said, leading to fewer signed contracts
Existing-home sales continued to fall in April, down 0.5% from March to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4M last month, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors
Economic anxiety and rising mortgage rates curbed hopes of a robust spring, but economists tell Inman a strong new-home market offers a sliver of hope that the coming months will be better
Contract signings jumped 6.1% in March. That represents the biggest monthly gain since December 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors
Existing-home sales dropped by 5.9% from February and by 2.4% from March 2024 as homebuyers continued to deal with affordability challenges, said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun
A new report suggests agent recruiting remains intense in real estate and that churn from company to company comes with significant costs to brokerages
The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) rose by 2.0% to 72.0 in February, according to new data released Thursday by NAR. But contract signings fell 3.6% compared to last year
As buyers cautiously reentered the market, existing-home sales rose 4.2% from January to 4.26M, according to data released Thursday by NAR. Compared to last year, sales remained down by 1.2%