Sales of new homes in the US were little changed in October near the strongest pace since 2023 as builders lured anxious customers with price cuts and incentives. Processing Content New single-family home sales eased 0.1% to an annual rate of 737,000 following a 3.8% September increase, according to government data released Tuesday. The report, […]
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Just 14% of the economists surveyed by Wolters Kluwer expect the Federal Open Market Committee’s next short-term rate reduction to take place at its January meeting. Processing Content Overall, the Blue Chip Economic Indicators panel consensus is for two cuts during this year to the Fed Funds Rate and none next year, with almost no
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If it comes to fruition, President Trump’s call for a $200 billion purchase of mortgage-backed securities could further tighten MBS spreads in the near term. But with few details available, many market participants are skeptical about the longer-term impact. Processing Content In response to the president directing his representatives to purchase an equal amount of
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Americans can now get involved in the housing market without actually purchasing a home. Processing Content The market prediction platform Polymarket partnered with Parcl, a real-time housing data and on-chain real estate platform, to launch a set of markets that allow users to bet on future home prices, the companies announced in a press release
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Insurance-in-force growth at the government-run Federal Housing Administration will continue to outpace its private counterparts going forward because of the current state of the housing market, a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods report said. Processing Content The market share (based on IIF) split between the two products has been narrowing since the third quarter of 2022.
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Housing starts in the US fell in October to the lowest level since the onset of the pandemic as data delayed by last fall’s government shutdown showed builders continued to cut back amid still-high prices and mortgage rates. Processing Content New residential construction decreased 4.6% to an annual rate of 1.25 million homes in October,
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President Trump’s plan to restrict institutional investor purchases of single-family homes through bipartisan legislation to promote consumer access to affordable housing does match a past goal pursued by Democrats but has many practical challenges, industry professionals said Thursday. Processing Content “Trying to crack this nut of the affordability issues that we have in this country
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Almost all of the top markets for first-time homebuyers are located in the eastern half of the United States, a new report from Realtor.com found. Processing Content Rochester, New York, topped the list based on factors including affordability, inventory and local amenities. Rochester placed second last year behind Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which ranks second in 2026.
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Shares of Blackstone Inc. and other housing-related companies tumbled after President Donald Trump said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes. Processing Content Blackstone stock fell by as much as 9.3%, before trimming some losses, after Trump said he was “immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more
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A quarter of millennials have more debt than savings, with less than 45% of the post-college demographic able to stomach a 10% down payment, according to Clever Real Estate. Processing Content Just about all of the 29-to-44 year old cohort surveyed report holding at least one significant homebuying anxiety, as 40% say they’re desperate to
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