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This year we have benefited from mortgage rates remaining below 6.64{f14b7af7a49819ee5cf5b85665a641f0317f6ba2ba97184ef6a643c125b9ce82} for the last 16 weeks, spurring total pending home sales.
The trends are consistent enough to inspire me to sketch a Goldilocks case that results in very significant home sales growth 2026.
Expert witnesses for Compass and Zillow debated competition and consumer effects in the ongoing antitrust hearing over Zillow’s policy.
With Jerome Powell\'s term ending in May, several candidates are in the running to become the next Federal Reserve chair.
Essam Elsafy — founder of The Elsafy Team — has quietly become one of Wisconsin’s most successful real estate leaders.
Credit report prices for mortgage lenders will increase by up to 50{f14b7af7a49819ee5cf5b85665a641f0317f6ba2ba97184ef6a643c125b9ce82} in 2026, despite regulatory efforts to boost competition.
Compass and Zillow face off in New York court over listing access standards, with testimony on antitrust and market impact.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won after campaigning on expanding rent stabilization to improve housing affordability. When he becomes mayor in January, Mamdani will face a lawsuit challenging New York’s rent stabilization law. A group of New York City landlords sued, arguing that the law sets rents too low to justify spending thousands of […]
The settlement requires Greystar to stop using software that employs competitively sensitive information to align rents.
Pittsburgh continues to stand out as the nation’s most affordable major metro, with a median list price of $240,000.