Min 1 Something remarkable is happening in Manhattan that defies everything you're hearing about the national rental market. Manhattan rental inventory fell for the 24th straight month in February 2026 — the longest run ever recorded for New York City's priciest borough. That's two full
Min 1 Something unprecedented is happening across America right now. Legitimate taxpayer discontent over high property taxes is fueling a movement to significantly curtail or even eliminate the property tax in states like Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North
Min 1 Rocket Companies closed its $14.2 billion acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group on October 1, 2025, and the mortgage industry hasn't been the same since. This wasn't your typical corporate merger. This was the largest independent mortgage deal in U.S. history — and it
Min 1: The FinCEN Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule went into effect March 1, 2026, requiring title companies to report specific types of non-financed residential real estate transfers to combat money laundering. The rule represents a significant expansion from previous Geographic Targeting Orders that applied only in select high-value markets—
Min 1: The U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act on March 12, 2026 by a vote of 89-10, advancing one of the most significant federal efforts to address the nation's housing supply and affordability challenges in decades. The legislation would be the
Min 1: Florida's housing market reported more closed sales and more new pending sales in February compared to a year ago, while median prices continued to ease but at a slower pace according to Florida Realtors® data released March 16, 2026. Closed sales of single-family homes statewide totaled
Min 1: U.S. mortgage rates climbed sharply in the week ending March 12 as investors fret the economic impact of President Trump's war on Iran, undoing welcomed progress in housing affordability. The average rate of a standard 30-year fixed mortgage hit 6.11% according to Freddie Mac&
Min 1: Commercial real estate property stocks are trading at their biggest discount to U.S. equities in 20 years according to CRE Daily analysis. After several years of sharp declines and underperformance, U.S. commercial real estate is starting to look like a bargain as average property values remain
Min 1: Nearly 40,000 home-sale agreements nationwide were canceled in January 2026, equal to 13.7% of homes that went under contract that month according to Redfin analysis of MLS pending-sales data. That's up from 13.1% a year earlier and marks the highest January share in
Min 1: President Trump signed an executive order in January 2026 titled "Stopping Wall Street from Competing with Main Street Homebuyers" and pushed Congress to make it permanent. Bipartisan legislation followed within weeks—Senators Josh Hawley and Jeff Merkley introduced the Homes for American Families Act that would
Min 1: First-time homebuyers essentially vanished from the housing market in 2025. National Association of REALTORS® research shows they accounted for just 21% of home purchases—an all-time low in the data they track. That's a stunning collapse. Rising home prices combined with elevated mortgage rates pushed record
Min 1: The housing market's biggest problem isn't mortgage rates anymore—it's job insecurity. Compass Chief Economist Mike Simonsen calls it "The Great Stay," where homeowners hold onto both their jobs and houses because they lack confidence about finding employment elsewhere. Unemployment