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Boost in buyers closes 2025 on high note: Client Pipeline Tracker

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Real estate agents shook off a late-year scare and raised their expectations for a 2026 recovery, according to fresh results from Intel’s December survey. Continue reading →

NAR’s final report of 2025 showed growing homebuyer momentum

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In November, pending home sales made their best showing yet of 2025, in a sign of growing homebuyer confidence in response to factors like increased affordability and higher inventory. Continue reading →

Seasonal cooling sweeps market as buyers grapple with affordability

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Zillow reports that, despite an unusually active fall market this year, the housing market has finally settled into a slower pace for winter and returned to seasonal norms. Continue reading →

Inventory tightens up as new listings tank: Redfin

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As Americans become immersed in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and buyer demand softens, homesellers are pulling back from the housing market. Continue reading →

October was another slow month for pending home sales

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New data shows that pending sales were down in October. The West was especially hard hit, though one region eked out a strong performance. Continue reading →

Is the housing market in the midst of a recession? Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thinks so

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The Treasury Secretary blamed the Federal Reserve for the current housing recession and said that if the central bank cut interest rates more quickly, the recession could end. Continue reading →

Median monthly housing payments see sharpest drop in almost 1 year

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The drop in monthly payments, Redfin reported, followed a decrease in mortgage rates, with 30-year fixed-rate mortgages ultimately hitting a 2025 low of 6.12 percent on Tuesday. Continue reading →

Pending home sales remain stuck in the mud in September

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The National Association of Realtors’ monthly report showed that homebuyers are still a bit crippled by economic uncertainty, and recent mortgage rate drops have mostly only spurred refinance activity. Continue reading →

Homebuyers froze deals at a record rate in August: Redfin

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Homebuyers are freezing their purchasing plans at increasingly higher rates, according to Redfin’s latest market report. Fifteen percent of contracts, or 56,000, were canceled in August, the highest level since Redfin began tracking the metric in 2017. Continue reading →

Is the mortgage lock-in effect ending? These numbers offer clues

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The Federal Reserve’s decision to make a series of historic short-term rate cuts at the height of the pandemic has proven to be a double-edged sword, with the sharpest point being the percentage of would-be homesellers locked into their homes by 2 perc… Continue reading →