Is The Shift to a Buyer’s Market Underway?
Seasoned veteran lender Toby Potter, the CEO of Dallas-based private lender Global Integrity Finance, sees the transformation coming inside six
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Improved Affordability Expectations Lead to More Engaged Buyers
56% report being actively engaged in the purchase process in the first quarter of 2023, up from 46% a quarter
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Landsea Homes Launches Sales at Highly Sought-After Central Florida Community
Spring Walk at The Junction includes 150 single-family homes with a variety of spacious single-family floor plans ranging from 1,815
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Housing Availability Expectations See Mild Improvement
Buyers’ expectations of housing availability edged up slightly in the first quarter of 2023, with 26% expecting the home search
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Real Estate Trade Groups Unite in Support of Federal Fair Housing Rule
A coalition of housing groups have united during Fair Housing Month in support of the Department of Housing and Urban
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March New Home Sales Jump on Lower Rates and Tight Existing Home Supply
Sales of newly built, single-family homes in March increased 9.6% to a 683,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate from a downwardly
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Single-Family Starts Improve in March
Single-family production showed signs of a gradual upturn in March as stabilizing mortgage rates and limited existing inventory helped to
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Home Prices Grew 4.7 Percent Year over Year in First Quarter
Fannie Mae’s Home Price Index showed a quarterly increase of 1.0 Percent on a seasonally adjusted basis. Single-family home prices
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Inflation Cools as Builder Sentiment Rises
Builders remained cautiously optimistic in April, as limited resale inventory helped to increase demand in the new home market. Data
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Falling Mortgage Rates Set To Boost Home Sales By More Than 200,0000
The average U.S. rate for a 30-year fixed home loan dropped to 6.28% last week from 6.73% in March’s first
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The Housing Market Has Now Bottomed Out, and Americans are Buying Homes Again
After seven months of declines, home prices rose 0.8% in February. That’s double their increase historically, indicating prices have bottomed
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Inflation Shows Further Signs of Cooling
Consumer prices in March saw the smallest year-over-year gain since May 2021 with a ninth consecutive month of a deceleration.
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Fannie Mae Expands Equitable Housing Finance Plan
Innovations build on multi-year effort to drive equity in the housing industry. Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) today released its annual update
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Is the Spring Homebuying Season Poised for a Surge?
Trends analytics suggest an uptick as consumers come to terms with the new norm in rates. What soft housing market?
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U.S. Home Prices Jump Up After 7 Months of Declines — But Not in the West
‘Tale of two housing markets’: Home prices down in the West, while East sees more gains After seven straight months
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FHFA Report Shows Improvement in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Loan Performance
Report also highlights data on forbearance, foreclosure, and delinquency rates. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has released its latest
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NAHB Applauds Senate Passage of WOTUS Resolution
NAHB Chairman Alicia Huey issued a statement after the Senate passed a Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval that
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Pending Home Sales Grew for Third Straight Month, Up 0.8% in February
Pending home sales rose for the third consecutive month, up 0.8% from January. Month-over-month, contract signings increased in three U.S.
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HUD Proposes New Federal Flood Risk Management Standards
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would revise HUD’s
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Mortgage Rates Fall to Lowest Level in a Month. Housing Market Could See a Continued Rebound.
Mortgage applications increased for the third consecutive week, despite the ongoing volatility in the financial markets and the broader economy.
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New Home Sales Improve for Third Straight Month
Market continues to show stability as the spring market approaches. New home sales increased for the third consecutive month in
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Toll Brothers Apartment Living® and Pondmoon Capital USA Announce the Groundbreaking of Mirra, a New Luxury Rental Community in Frisco, Texas
Construction has begun on community featuring 285 luxury residences and totaling more than 330,000 square feet in the Dallas-Fort Worth
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US Home Building Surged in February
US home building jumped higher in February, turning around after five consecutive months of falling even as mortgage rates were
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Builder Confidence Edges Higher in March
Although high construction costs and elevated interest rates continue to hamper housing affordability, builders expressed cautious optimism in March as
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U.S. Housing Market Gains Momentum as Loan Applications Jump
The housing market is gaining steam as rates drop and mortgage applications surge. Housing market activity has picked up over
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Viva Las Vegas!
The International Builders Show brings record breaking attendance By Christine Rombouts The excitement, energy and enthusiasm were everywhere in Las
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NAR Will Host Policy Forum to Showcase 2023 Housing Priorities
The National Association of Realtors® will host a Policy Forum: The Current Housing Market: Implications for Homebuyers and the Economy.
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Biden Unveils 2024 Budget Proposal
The Biden budget calls for a significant expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, which NAHB supports. President Biden yesterday
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Governors Focus On Affordable Housing
Governors’ State of the State addresses show a bipartisan consensus that the answer, while complicated in implementation, is actually fairly
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Builders Warn Congress WOTUS Rule Will Raise Housing Costs
Congress received a first-hand account of how the Biden administration’s new waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule is exacerbating
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Single-Family Market Share Continues to Shift from Large Population Centers
The largest growth in single-family market share came in rural markets, rising from 9.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019
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