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Multiple offers still common in Mid-Atlantic despite market cooling

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Competition in the Mid-Atlantic housing market remains strong, with 57 percent of homes receiving multiple offers. Continue reading →

30-year mortgage rate inches down to 4-week low

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Mortgage rates have dropped to an average of 6.30 percent, renewing hope in a more active spring homebuying season. Continue reading →

‘The dream of the 90s is alive in the Midwest.’ Can they keep it going?

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The Midwest is gaining popularity with homebuyers. Three economists share what the region has going in its favor — and the challenges of maintaining affordability. Continue reading →

Buyers are scared. That’s why they need our insight right now

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Our job as professionals is to read between the lines and help our clients make better decisions than they’d make on their own, Greg Hague writes. Continue reading →

‘People are praying for a crash’: Why housing doomers keep getting louder

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Housing analyst Ricky Carruth pushes back on crash predictions, arguing today’s market is defined by strong fundamentals. Continue reading →

Quit Googling ‘housing crash,’ economist says. It’s a correction

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Economist Lisa Sturtevant says the U.S. housing market isn’t heading for a crash but a gradual correction as affordability pressures and economic uncertainty reshape buyer and seller behavior. Continue reading →

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

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

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

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

Affordability is better, but buyers are still bailing out of contracts

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Pending home sales slid on a monthly and annual basis in January, despite improving market factors. However, several economists urged agents to stay calm, saying a sales boost will likely come this spring. Continue reading →

Buyers turn to the resale market as builders abandon price cuts

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Rising existing-home inventory is thwarting homebuilders, who are now slowing permits and starts — and backing off from hefty incentives. Continue reading →