A recession is coming. Here’s what you should do now — not later

Helping clients think in terms of affordability today with flexibility tomorrow reframes fear into strategy, Verl Workman writes. Continue reading

Google searches for ‘can’t sell house’ hit an alarming high

Rising inventory, high mortgage rates and a growing seller-buyer gap leave homes sitting longer on the market. Continue reading

Economists: The housing market ‘feels stagnant,’ while the future ‘remains cloudy’

New numbers show that 2025 had “the weakest start to a year for home prices since the early 2010s,” one economist said. Continue reading

KB Home says the Iran war is already ‘weighing on the consumer’

The war in Iran’s impact on the housing market is emerging as KB Home reports weaker demand, lower earnings and rising uncertainty. Continue reading

Home flipping isn’t dead, but the easy money is gone

Home flipping profits are at a near-20-year low. New data shows shrinking margins, shifting demand and how investors are adapting in 2026. Continue reading

Interactive: Where immigration shored up waning housing demand

In this series of maps and tables, Intel explores which U.S. markets got hit with a double-whammy of outbound movers and reduced immigration flows last year. Continue reading

Inflation and Iran are key to the Fed’s latest decisions: Economist

In this exclusive series on Inman, Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at the impact of the war on Iran and the Fed’s latest move. Continue reading

Who survives the real estate recession? What the top 1,000 brokerages reveal

In this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, T3 Sixty’s Jack Miller draws on research analyzing the top 1,000 brokerages and shares what the strongest companies do differently and why market downturns tend to separate durable businesses from fra… Continue reading

Pending home sales falter despite ‘buyer-friendly’ market conditions

Sub-6 percent mortgage rates improved affordability in February, but annual pending home sales still slipped due to economic and political headwinds. Continue reading

Lennar profits fall 56% as affordability pressures hit new home sales

Lennar earnings highlight ongoing housing market strain as profits plunge 56 percent amid high mortgage rates and softer home prices. Continue reading