The United States housing market entered 2026 on icy footing as newly released data for December 2025 reveals a staggering decline in pending home sales. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), contract signings dropped by 9.3% month-over-month, while competing data from Redfin (NASDAQ:RDFN) noted a 5.
The American housing market, long frozen by the dual chill of high interest rates and stagnant inventory, showed definitive signs of a "winter thaw" this week. According to the latest data released on January 14, 2026, existing home sales for December 2025 surged by 5.1% to a seasonally adjusted
The landscape of American residential real estate shifted fundamentally this morning as Compass Inc. (NYSE: COMP) officially completed its acquisition and privatization of Anywhere Real Estate (formerly NYSE: HOUS). The deal, which closed on Friday, January 9, 2026, marks the end of Anywhere’s tenure as a standalone public entity
When a lender is firing on all cylinders and still gets cut, it says less about the company and more about how investors might be thinking about risk, timing, and opportunity cost.
Washington D.C. – November 3, 2025 – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has issued a stark warning, declaring that the American housing market is currently in a "housing recession," a downturn he directly attributes to the Federal Reserve's restrictive monetary policies. Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union" this past
In a stark warning echoing through the financial markets, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared this week that the American housing sector is already mired in a recession, directly attributing the downturn to the Federal Reserve's "tight policies." Speaking on CNN, Secretary Bessent called for an accelerated pace of
October 31, 2025 – The United States housing market received a significant boost today as the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) dipped to 6.17%. This unexpected decline, marking the lowest rate in over a year, has sent ripples of optimism through prospective homebuyers and real estate professionals alike, hinting at a
Despite recent actions by the Federal Reserve to cut benchmark interest rates, a perplexing and potentially long-lasting disconnect has emerged: mortgage rates are not following suit. This "sticky" mortgage rate phenomenon, driven by a complex interplay of market forces beyond the Fed's direct control, is reshaping the landscape for homebuyers,
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Washington, D.C. – September 30, 2025 – As the United States government stands on the precipice of a shutdown at midnight tonight, the financial markets, particularly the mortgage sector, are bracing for a period of heightened uncertainty. While some analysts suggest a potential, albeit temporary, dip in mortgage rates as investors
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
