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What should real estate agents do if the US plunges into a recession?

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Navigating a recession doesn’t have to mean the end of your business. Darryl Davis offers tips to help you come out the other side stronger than ever. Continue reading →

Mortgage rates just hit a new 2025 low. They might be stuck there.

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MBA forecasts rates will probably stay right where they are now in 2026, as investors have already priced in future Fed rate cuts. But look for three years of steady growth in home sales ahead. Continue reading →

Mortgage rates ebb as Powell hints at end of ‘quantitative tightening’

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Fed chair dismisses suggestion that central bank could resume its purchases of mortgage-backed securities to bring down mortgage rates and improve housing affordability. Continue reading →

Think like an economist. Win like a real estate agent: Now Streaming

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Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather unpacks the economic principles behind the real estate industry to make agents more effective. Continue reading →

How the government shutdown is impacting real estate

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As the shutdown continues, the real estate industry will also increasingly feel the ripple effects. Housing data, mortgage rates, federally-backed home loans, flood insurance and the Washington, D.C., housing market are all already starting to feel the… Continue reading →

Should they stay or go (down) now? Forecasters are split on where mortgage rates will be in 2026

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In predicting that mortgage rates will drop below 6 percent next year, economists at Fannie Mae are more optimistic about growth and less worried about inflation than their colleagues at the Mortgage Bankers Association. Continue reading →

What is the Federal Reserve, and how does it impact real estate?

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Improve your understanding of how broad economic factors impact the housing market with this Fed explainer from Jonathan Pressman. Continue reading →

Fed signals it’s just getting started with 1/4 percentage point rate cut

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Recent Trump appointee Stephen Miran was the lone dissenter in Wednesday’s 11-1 vote, holding out for a bigger, 1/2 percentage point rate cut advocated by the president. Continue reading →

Homeowners rush to refinance as mortgage rates hit 2025 low

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Homebuyer loan applications flooded in last week at the second-highest level of the year. Demand for adjustable-rate mortgage loans is at the highest level since 2008. Continue reading →

Most Americans think mortgage rates and home prices have peaked

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The silver lining in deteriorating consumer confidence is that the weaker job market means the Federal Reserve is expected to slash rates several times this year and next, even as tariffs fuel inflation. Continue reading →