The National Association of Realtors®’ (NAR) latest report, released today, revealed a significant rebound in existing-home sales for December 2025, marking the strongest seasonally adjusted performance in nearly three years.  The month saw existing-home sales increase 5.1% from the prior month, signaling improved market conditions after a challenging year marked by record-high home prices and…

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The housing market hasn’t exactly settled down in the handful of years since the pandemic—and those looking to purchase a home have had to keep a close eye on the markets they can turn to, and the ones they should avoid. ATTOM’s Q3 2025 U.S. Housing Risk Report examines which markets have been most volatile…

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Due to last year’s government shutdown, the latest new-home sales data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been held up until now—and the results suggest cause for optimism. During October 2025, 737,000 new units were sold in the U.S. This is down slightly from September 2025…

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Despite a hopeful moment of decline in November, inflation looks to be stagnant in December, remaining paused from hitting the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December saw a slight increase of 0.3% for the all items index, landing at 2.7% annual…

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Privately owned housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,246,000, 4.6% below the revised September estimate of 1,306,000 and 7.8% below the October 2024 rate of 1,352,000, according to a Jan. 9 report from the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  The starts fell to…

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Despite affordability remaining a market challenge, there are still refuge markets first-time homebuyers can access across the nation. A new Realtor.com® report took a crack at identifying these refuge markets, and made a list of the top markets for first-time homebuyers (age 25-34) in 2026.  The rankings are based on the forecasted share of first-time…

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People are always on the move. And in 2025, despite economic uncertainty and shifting market conditions, Americans continued to relocate, whether it be a new job, improved cost of living, to be closer to family or for lifestyle changes. Last week, United Van Lines released its most recent survey of movers, tracking which states people…

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A recent academic study analyzing Zillow Home Loans (ZHL)—funded by the portal’s rival, CoStar—offers a new analysis of how Zillow’s policies and practices allegedly affect consumers, on the heels of a class-action lawsuit claiming the company is violating antitrust laws through mortgage referrals. The aforementioned lawsuit put Zillow in the hot seat by alleging the…

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Households headed by immigrants have accounted for roughly three-quarters of housing demand growth since 2010, but a new Harvard analysis suggests that trend may be ending—with significant implications for housing markets across the country. The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University (JCHS) released revised projections forecasting 1.7 million fewer households in the U.S.…

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Immigrant labor has become essential to both homebuilding and residential remodeling in top metro areas with the highest levels of building permits, according to new research from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS). The findings underscore the critical role that foreign-born workers play across the entire residential construction space—from new home construction to major…

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