New home sales hit 4-month low

New home sales took an 8.6 percent hit in March as rising home prices and mortgage rates made homebuyers think twice before purchasing a new home, according to data released Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau Continue reading

Existing-home sales drop for second month as buyer demand stalls

Total existing-home sales dropped by 2.7% from February 2022 and by 4.5% from March 2021 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.77 million, according to the National Association of Realtors. Continue reading

A record-breaking new build in the Panhandle: The moves behind the transaction

Engel & Völkers’ Beau Blankenship says he attributes selling a mid-construction home at a record-breaking price point in the Florida Panhandle to having a strong network, acquiring a good share of listings in his market, and representing a unique … Continue reading

The condo recovery is underway — but houses remain hotter

Competition for condos has been fierce in the past year as buyers once again looked for homes nearer their cities’ urban centers. This follows an early-pandemic softening in the market segment. Continue reading

Tech alone won’t transform real estate: Realogy CEO Ryan Schneider

Ahead of his appearance at Inman Connect New York in April, Realogy CEO Ryan Schneider shares how digitization is at the center of brokerages’ and agents’ survival in the years to come. Continue reading

As homebuyers pine for options, startups scramble to fill the void

A new class of tech company is responding to the home inventory shortage by taking sellers to the edge of the MLS — and sometimes beyond — with off-market appeals and more. Continue reading

End in sight for inventory crisis? Yes, but experts can’t agree on when

While 38 percent of experts polled by Zillow believe 2024 will be the year inventory returns to 2019 levels, 36 percent pegged 2023 as the year. The remainder believe we’ll have to wait until 2025. Continue reading

Fueled by climbing mortgage rates, existing-home sales rise again

The median existing-home sales price, meanwhile, soared 13.9 percent year over year in November as inventory plunged 13.3 percent, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors. Continue reading

Builder confidence ends 2021 strong

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index increased for the fourth consecutive month, to 84 in December, marking a high for the year last seen in February. Continue reading