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Housing stock growth has slowed from 33% year-on-year in mid-2025 to 10.0% now. The slowdown marks the clearest end to the era of supply shortages and the beginning of a market in which pricing power will be determined more by the strength of demand, rates and buyer behavior than by scarcity alone. As HousingWire principal […]
Weekly home inventory data Housing inventory is expected to hit a seasonal low sometime in early 2026, hopefully sooner rather than later. We don’t want what happened in 2023, when the seasonal bottom was reached in April. We wish the seasonal bottom would occur in February: more supply means less price growth and better affordability. […]
“This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue setting interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions – or whether monetary policy will instead be guided by political pressure or intimidation,” Powell says in the video. The subpoenas are the latest move in the Trump administration’s pressure campaign to get Powell to […]
By BLS: Both total nonfarm employment (+50,000) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent) were little changed in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to rise in food and beverage services, health care and social assistance. The retail industry lost jobs. Below is the breakdown of the vacancy details. The unemployment […]
According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Bloombergantitrust enforcers at the Ministry of Justice (DOJ) wanted to investigate Compass’ recently completed acquisition of Anywhere, but they were blocked by senior officials who wanted to greenlight the deal. Sources familiar with the situation told both WSJ and Bloomberg that Gail Slater, the head of the […]
“This is a lot of sabre-rattling,” Murray said HousingWire. “It’s also going to depend on who’s doing the measuring, and I’ve done a lot of research on this over the years. It hasn’t changed much. There are north of 16 million single-family homes, condos or co-ops that are owned by investors, the smaller investors. The […]
Musk envisions a future of unprecedented productivity, where advances in artificial intelligence, energy and robotics deliver economic “abundance” and even a so-called “universal high income” that may not require long-term savings, Business Insider reported. “The good future is that everyone can have everything they want,” Musk said. “That would mean better medical care than anyone […]
From military service to real estate leadership Jorgenson’s path to real estate began at a pivotal time in his life and the economy. In 2009, while serving in the Army and deployed during the Great Recession, he decided to transition to civilian life and explore a new career. “I was in Southern California, so I […]
According to the Housing Partnership, the program is expected to support approximately 1,000 workers annually. “The lack of regular pay stubs, W-2s or 1099s to document income often puts gig workers at a disadvantage when applying for a mortgage to buy their first home,” said Jamie Smarr, president and CEO of the New York City […]
Despite several years of housing market volatility, the fix-and-flip sector – where investors rehabilitate, reposition and upgrade homes – has shown resilience and is poised for meaningful growth in 2026. Although only recently recognized as a formal asset class with an institutional rating, the underlying strategy is anything but new. For decades, local experts, private […]
