Mortgage company Homepoint laying off ‘hundreds’ of workers

The Michigan-based and third-largest wholesale mortgage lender aims to cut costs by more than $100 million a year in response to an “extremely challenging” lending environment. Continue reading

Real estate stocks are getting absolutely destroyed right now

Multiple real estate companies are seeing share prices fall to all-time lows. If they can’t ultimately turn around their stock market performances, their falling share prices could have profound impacts on the real estate industry. Continue reading

The average US home is now selling below its list price, Redfin says

The average list-to-sale ratio clocked in under 100 percent for the first time since March 2021 in August, according to new data released Thursday by Redfin. Continue reading

Sellers’ strike? New listings fell in August as active listings increased

Inventory rose due to a steep drop in homebuyer demand and homes that are spending more time on market while sellers pulled back on listing new properties, according to Realtor.com data. Continue reading

Home sales have so much further to fall in 2023, Goldman Sachs says

House purchases are expected to plummet further in the closing months of the year, and the recovery may not pick up speed until 2024, according to a new forecast from the investment bank. Continue reading

Millennial and Gen Z renters are getting walloped by inflation: Study

Gen Z and millennial renters who took on a new lease in July have personal inflation rates of 11.6 percent year over year, according to a new analysis by Redfin released Thursday. Continue reading

Buyers are leaning on contingencies to bail out of deals, Redfin CEO says

During his latest appearance on CNBC, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman shared how buyers and sellers are locked in a battle of the wills as the market slowly shifts in buyers’ favor. Continue reading

Your prediction about the housing market is probably wrong

Forget the memes. According to broker Teresa Boardman, if you’ve been around real estate for any length of time, you know that the only thing you can expect is the unexpected. Continue reading

More people moving into drought-prone areas than out: Study

Roughly $17 trillion worth of property analyzed for the study had experienced intense drought in August, up 42 percent from a year earlier when $12 trillion worth of property had experienced it. Continue reading