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U.S. Home Prices Hit Record High As Bipartisan Housing Bill Becomes Law Despite Trump's Refusal To Sign It

Although mortgage rates have risen sharply since 2022, home values have largely continued climbing due to persistent supply shortages.

International Business Times

Another month, another record-high home price: March hits $408,800—the 33rd straight increase

The median existing home price rose 1.4% from a year ago even as sales fell 3.6%, the NAR reported. Experts say the market needs up to 500,000 more homes to feel normal.

Fortune

Real estate has had a terrible start to spring—usually housing’s hottest season

Affordability fears, high mortgage rates, and a war in the Middle East are rewriting the rules of the housing market’s most important season.

Fortune

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Realtors warn of ‘new housing crisis’ as home sales fall at start of 2026

Sales of previously owned homes last month fell by 8.4 percent overall from December, a much heavier drop than expected

The Independent UK

Home sales plunge despite affordability improving

Existing home sales fell 8.4% from December to January, per the National Association of Realtors.

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Rocket CEO says U.S. mortgage industry is a 'tale of two cities.' His booming business shows a broader reality for American homebuyers

“Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest that they've been in the past three years,” Varun Krishna said, “and Rocket was right there to capitalize.”

Fortune

If Mortgage Rates Drop to 5% in 2026, Average Home Prices Could Jump This Much

With average homes at $360,727 now, 5% mortgage rates in 2026 could push prices to $383K-$386K as 5.5M+ more buyers qualify, NAR data shows.

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More than half of U.S. homes have dropped in value over the last year — and nearly all houses in these cities have seen losses

"Home values surged over the past six years, and the vast majority of homeowners still have significant equity. What we’re seeing now is a normalization, not a crash.”

Fortune

A Dovish Shift In Monetary Policy Breathes New Life Into Direxion's NAIL ETF

With the Federal Reserve moving away from its prior efforts to tighten money supply, the measure theoretically provides relief for many economic entities. Under basic economic principles, reduced costs of borrowing encourage capital expenditures, investments and other growth-centered activities. However, one of the more obvious beneficiaries is the housing market.

Benzinga

Housing market ‘purgatory’ for existing home sales as activity falls to lowest level in 9 months

“No matter how you look at it, this is an unhealthy housing market,” ResiClub’s Lance Lambert told Fortune Intelligence.

Fortune

US Home Sales Sink To Slowest May Since 2009 As Mortgage Rates And Record Prices Keep Buyers On The Sidelines

The U.S. housing market logged its slowest May for existing-home sales since 2009, confirming that elevated mortgage rates and record prices continue to chill demand even as listings rise.

Benzinga

US Existing Home Sales Little-changed On Sluggish Market

Sales of existing homes in the United States were tepid in May, according to industry data released Monday, as high mortgage rates weighed on the market.

International Business Times

US Existing Home Sales See Biggest Drop Since 2022

Sales of existing US homes pulled back more than expected in March, logging their biggest drop since late-2022 according to industry data released Thursday, as high mortgage rates weighed on affordability for homebuyers.

International Business Times

March home sales slowed in a lethargic opening to the spring buying season

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in March, a sluggish start to the spring homebuying season as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices discouraged many prospective home shoppers

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D.C.’s housing market is stable for now, despite what you’ve seen on social media tied to Trump cuts to the federal workforce

Though social media rumors abound of mass home sales in Washington, D.C. following cuts to federal workforce, the numbers available thus far don’t back that story up.

International Business Times

US Home Sales In 2024 Weakest In Nearly 30 Years

Sales of previously owned US homes slipped to their weakest level in about three decades last year on the back of high housing prices and mortgage rates, according to industry data released Friday.

International Business Times

Sales Of Existing US Homes Rise In October

Sales of previously owned homes in the United States picked up in October, industry data showed Thursday, fueling hopes that a slump in the sector may be ending.

International Business Times

US Housing Sales Surged In October. The Worst 'Could Be Over'

Existing home sales rose 3.4% from September and were 2.9% higher than October of last year.

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The Independent UK

US home sales rose in October, notching their first annual gain in more than three years

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in October, the first annual gain in more than three years, with home shoppers encouraged by easing rates and a pickup in properties on the market

Fortune

In a week of back-to-back housing data, here’s what you need to know

Breaking down mortgage rates, sales, and home prices.

International Business Times

Sales Of US Existing Homes Slip Slightly In August

Sales of previously owned US homes fell in August, according to industry data released Thursday, but lower mortgage rates and growing supply were likely to boost the industry.

International Business Times

June US Home Sales Slower Than Expected, Prices Hit Fresh High

US existing home sales dropped more than expected in June, according to industry data released Tuesday, while the median price hit a new high.

Fortune

A Fed interest rate cut won’t send mortgage rates plummeting, a top housing analyst says

Markets being what they are, “the simple act of the Fed cutting is not necessarily going to have a direct impact on mortgage rates,” Zelman & Associates’ Alan Ratner said.

The Independent UK

US homes find fewer foreign buyers as rising costs and a strong dollar leave market in record slump

Sales of U.S. homes to foreign nationals have fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade, hampered by a strong dollar and many of the hurdles that have kept the housing market in a deep sales slump for over two years

Fortune

A top economist suggests buyers and sellers should brace themselves for the 6% mortgage rate reality

Mortgage rates won’t be going back down to the historical lows seen throughout the pandemic, the National Association of Realtors’ chief economist said.

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