Mortgage brokers are optimistic about the year ahead, with many anticipating more business. Processing Content AD Mortgage’s Mortgage Professionals Pulse Report and 2026 Outlook found 57.6% of the more than 300 brokers surveyed said they felt motivated heading into the new year and 84.5% said they expect business to grow in 2026. “Partner feedback confirms […]
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Renovated homes continue to attract more online interest and sell faster than other older properties — but their long-standing fix-and-flip advantage has narrowed sharply as higher mortgage rates reshape buyer behavior, according to a new Realtor.com report. The analysis builds on earlier research showing fixer-uppers are priced 54.2% below the national median for single-family homes.
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Auction.com released its 2025 Disposition Strategy Report on Wednesday, showing that distressed property sales at auction have increasingly outperformed traditional retail real estate sales over the past two years. The report analyzed more than 390,000 distressed property dispositions from January 2018 through September 2025, using Auction.com data and public records. Estimated net proceeds for auction
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A new study found that Zillow’s automated home valuation tool, the Zestimate, improves pricing efficiency in residential real estate transactions and delivers measurable benefits to buyers and sellers like. The research, published in Marketing Science — a peer-reviewed journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences — concluded that Zillow‘s tool reduces
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Borrower equity in the U.S. saw a third-quarter pullback, while a corresponding increase in underwater mortgages is raising concerns about the financial health and debt levels of some homeowners, according to Cotality. Processing Content Home equity levels declined by $373.8 billion year over year in the third quarter, representing a drop of 2.1% to approximately
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The housing market showed faint signs of near-term affordability improvement in late 2025, but it remains dramatically worse than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from Oxford Economics. In the third quarter, a household needed to earn $110,100 a year to afford to own a single-family home, including taxes and insurance.
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Boston has emerged as HousingWire’s hottest major metropolitan housing market heading into 2026 — fueled by chronic supply shortages, rapid sales and a job base that continues to outpace national trends. Local experts say the metro’s long-standing economic strength and global pull are driving competition even as interest rates and broader economic uncertainty persists. Todd
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The housing markets in the United States that are expected to see the most growth in home sales and prices combined are mostly in the Northeast, a notable shift after the South and West dominated last year’s Realtor.com rankings. Processing Content Hartford, Connecticut, Rochester, New York, and Worcester, Massachusetts, topped the list, which examined the
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Many Americans in the housing market fear a real estate downturn in the new year, while nearly all anticipate challenges, a new consumer survey shows. Forty percent of Americans planning to buy or sell a home in 2026 worry about a potential market crash, and 98% of them expect challenges, according to a new report from
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Homeownership remains a top goal for Americans despite a challenging housing market, according to a new consumer survey from REMAX — highlighting affordability concerns, lifestyle priorities and community preferences as keys in shaping the plans of prospective buyers. Although 88% of respondents said they’re likely to purchase a home in 2026, 71% reported delaying plans
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