According to Redfin, 52.2% of February’s home listings sat on the market for at least 60 days without going under contract. Defining this as “stale inventory,” these types of listings have increased nationwide over the past year from 50.1%—marking the highest level in any given February since 2019, the portal said in a new report.…
Multifamily building continues to overshadow single-family new builds as challenges in supply chains and affordability persist in the housing construction industry, according to the latest data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). NAHB’s Home Building Geography Index (HBGI) for both Q3 and Q4 2025 (delayed due to government shutdown) saw drops in single-family…
While conflict continues to brew in the Middle East, mortgage rates continue to rise due to the war’s effect on oil prices, according to the latest Freddie Mac data. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey found that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.38% as of March 26, 2026, up from last week when…
High prices and inventory constraints in the housing market have not just affected people looking to dive into the market through buying and selling, but have put a serious hold on the home-flipping segment of the market. ATTOM’s 2025 year-end U.S. Home Flipping Report found that a typical home flip earned $65,981 in gross profit,…
With mortgage rates rising due to higher oil prices from geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, mortgage applications saw another fall this week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. MBA’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey found that the Market Composite Index (a measure of mortgage loan application volume) fell 10.5% on a seasonally adjusted…
A new survey from Zillow finds a striking reversal in market dynamics: by the fourth quarter of 2025, 51% of agents said market conditions were favoring buyers, the first time that had been true all year. From this same time last year, inventory is up 5%, the monthly mortgage payment on a typical U.S. home…
With the expectations for a spring boom in housing market activity higher than ever as of late, a new report from Realtor.com® has outlined the week of April 12-18 as the “best week to sell in 2026.” The report predicts a rebound in buyer demand as mortgage rates have remained on the lower end of…
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While housing markets are local, national home-selling trends—including ones to get your clients much more for their home—can still prove informative. Zillow, surveying home sales in the 35 largest U.S. metro areas during 2025, found the best time to list is generally late May, when homes sold for 1.7% more nationally (about $6,000 on a…
America’s housing affordability crisis isn’t solely caused by too few homes. It’s also because of too few usable ones. A new report from real estate marketplace New Western suggests that local fix-and-flip investors—not homebuilders—are key to helping solve the problem. The report, conducted in partnership with the National Association for Housing Revitalization (NAHR), found that…
Winter weather and market constraints put significant downward pressure on new-home sales to start off 2026, according to the latest data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Census Bureau. The New Residential Sales report for January found that new-home sales fell a whopping 17.6% to a rate of 587,000 (compared to…
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