Housing market update: Inventory is growing while price reductions continue

With mortgage rates near 6%, weekly housing demand recovered as winter weather effects began to fade from the data. The improvement appears to be more related to normalization after the late January snowstorm than to a structural acceleration in market activity. New listings also rose week on week, reinforcing signs that weather-related disruptions are easing. […]

ATTOM acquires ResiShares to expand data and analytics

Figurine has acquired significant assets from ResiSharesincluding its analytics platform and proprietary technology – a move aimed at expanding ATTOM’s data analytics capabilities in the real estate sector. The acquisition brings ResiShares’ forecasting models and analytics tools to ATTOM’s national data platform, covering most U.S. properties. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “ResiShares […]

Housing absorption rate versus market size: Efficiency indicates pressure

The data reflects conditions in the single-family home market as of the January 3, 2026 weekly snapshot, based on proprietary data from HousingWire. Housing markets are often judged by size: total sales, total dollar volume, total number of listings. These metrics describe where activity is concentrated. They do not reliably indicate where competition is increasing, […]

Boston is emerging as the hottest major metro market entering 2026

“Boston remains a top five market nationwide economically, in terms of job stability, manufacturing, education, biotechnology and technology, the bottom line being lower unemployment and higher wages,” he said. “It really has a global appeal, and that’s not even counting the kind of European lifestyle of Boston, with all its history.” He added that the […]

From transactional to strategic: why real estate agents must embrace data and the rental market is their moment

In a housing market that has quietly entered a prolonged freeze, real estate professionals are facing a shift. Home ownership is no longer the dominant driver of customer movements. The rental side of the business increasingly offers opportunities, relevance and recurring involvement. Agents who embrace this change and become data-driven advisors can gain a real […]