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Real Estate Rundown September 2025
September 01, 2025
Homebuyers are seeing more opportunities as inventory climbs, prices cool, and mortgage rates ease. National reports show listings up, affordability improving slightly, and pending sales rising, though challenges remain with less than a third of homes within reach of median-income buyers. With builder...
Real Estate Rundown August 2025
August 01, 2025
The summer housing market remains sluggish despite a 23.7% jump in active inventory and slight mortgage rate dips, as affordability challenges keep buyers on the sidelines. Sellers are increasingly cutting prices or delisting, while builders offer incentives to stimulate demand, especially in more aff...
Real Estate Rundown July 2025
July 01, 2025
In May 2025, U.S. home prices dipped 0.1%, marking a rare monthly decline, as high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty continued to dampen buyer demand. However, pending home sales rose 1.8%, signaling renewed buyer interest heading into summer, even as affordability remains a challenge. The Feder...
Real Estate Rundown September 2024
September 01, 2024
The U.S. housing market is showing signs of slowing down, as reflected in multiple indicators. Home price growth continues to stall, with the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index rising only 0.2% in June, and annual price growth slowing to 5.4%. Pending home sales fell 5.5% in Jul...
Real Estate Rundown June 2024
June 01, 2024
Based on the provided summaries, here is a very short summary of the blog Could The Market Be Balancing To A Buyer’s Market. The real estate market, currently a seller's market, is moving towards balance with increased housing supply and high mortgage rates. The market shows signs of equilibrium but s...
Real Estate Rundown 2024
May 01, 2024
Despite a slight decline in median prices, strong demand supported by favorable demographics and a robust labor market drove this increase, contrasting sharply with declining existing home sales. Factors such as looser financial conditions and builder incentives contributed to this uptick in sales. Ho...
Real Estate Rundown April 2024
April 01, 2024
The latest analysis of mortgage rates indicates a slight decline attributed to mixed signals from Federal Reserve officials and the absence of new data. Meanwhile, Redfin's latest report highlights a significant increase in the total number of homes for sale in the U.S., rising by 5% during the four w...
Real Estate Rundown February 2024
February 01, 2024
The housing market is showing signs of thawing after a challenging period, with significant drops in mortgage rates. Housing inventory slightly increased from a year ago, but the supply remains tight, impacting market dynamics. The U.S. experienced an 8.0% increase in sales of newly built, single-fami...
Real Estate Rundown February 2023
February 01, 2023
The National Association of Realtors predicts that mortgage rates may fall even further in the coming weeks, which will result in a busier home sales activity and a stronger housing market. Meanwhile, it has become more affordable to rent than buy in many markets due to declining rent prices and risin...
Real Estate Rundown December 2022
December 01, 2022
The housing market run down for the final month of 2022 shows some surprising changes. Mortgage rates, which have been on the rise, have finally become stagnant. While this change might not indicate a trend, it greatly improves purchasing power for potential home buyers. Additionally, newly constructe...
Real Estate Rundown November 2022
November 03, 2022
As we round the corner into the final months of 2022, home prices are expected to fall due to the recent surge in mortgage rates, however, homeowners are still relocating to more affordable areas.
Real Estate Rundown September 2022
September 01, 2022
The real estate industry news headlines point toward what experts are coining as the “Housing Recession.” Many homebuyers are struggling to become owners due to high mortgage rates, and this struggle is compounded by experts citing that homes have not been this unaffordable since the late 80s. Finally...