2023 fall outlook: A cooler season roiled by homebuyer-seller friction

Commissions will take a hit from the seasonal real estate transaction fall-off. But unlike last year, home price growth may gain steam, according to an Intel analysis of housing market projections. Continue reading

The 2023 fall housing market won’t look anything like the 2022 market

Windermere Real Estate Chief Economist Matthew Gardner revealed to Intel why an inventory surge in the fall of 2022 may have been a blip — and what that might mean for the housing market. Continue reading

Home values fell in 21 of the 50 largest US metros in August: Zillow

Home values are now 11.4 percent lower in Austin, Texas, than they were in Aug. 2022, Zillow said. Nationally, prices were up slightly from July to August. Continue reading

Consumer homebuying sentiment has plateaued at ‘pessimistic’

Most Americans polled by Fannie Mae last month said they would rather buy than rent, but a record-high 82 percent also said August was a bad time to buy. Continue reading

Redfin CEO says housing sales volume has hit ‘rock bottom’

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on Wednesday told MarketWatch that current transaction levels — sustained primarily by people who absolutely need to move — are about as low as they ever get. Continue reading

Gary Keller: A ‘rolling recession’ will hit the US housing market in 2024

Keller Williams kicked off its Mega Agent Camp on Tuesday with remarks from Gary Keller, who warned of a “rolling recession” while predicting agents will survive treacherous economic terrain. Continue reading

US prices fell this spring, new data shows. Not that anybody noticed

Price declines were bigger in the spring than in the late winter, according to quarterly home sales data issued Thursday by NAR. But to real estate agents in most U.S. markets, it didn’t feel that way. Continue reading

Demand for mortgages wanes as rates plateau near 2023 highs

A decrease in applications for FHA loans popular with first-time homebuyers helped push the average purchase loan application to $432,700, according to the latest MBA lender survey. Continue reading

Home prices rose in May in defiance of down housing market

Prices rose 0.7 percent from April to May after adjusting for increases typically experienced in spring, according to estimates released Tuesday by CoreLogic and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Continue reading