New home demand swoons even as sales prices hit a 5-year low
Homebuilding’s Summer of 2026 race to the bottom is on. Even as new home prices fell to a five-year low, sales slowed sharply in July as builders contended with cautious buyers and growing new-home inventories in some of the nation’s critical residential construction markets. According to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data, sales of new […]
Top 10 College Towns Where Football Saturdays Can Cover Your Mortgage in 2026
Title: Scoring Big: 10 College Towns Where Football Saturdays Can Pay Your Mortgage in 2026 Introduction: In the world of college sports, few experiences rival the electric atmosphere of a bustling college town on game day. For homeowners in certain towns, this excitement isn’t just fuel for school spirit—it’s a golden opportunity to turn a […]
Dream Finders bets empty nesters want amenities, not age limits
This week, Dream Finders Homes announced that its Reverie active adult brand will now include non-age-restricted lifestyle communities, a move to capture demand from empty nesters seeking a resort-style lifestyle without the typical age restrictions. David Smith, Vice President of Active Adult at Dream Finders Homes, told HousingWire TBD that the core active adult offering […]
New tax on high-value second homes challenged in Rhode Island
Law firm Hinckley Allen has filed litigation on behalf of more than 40 Rhode Island homeowners challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new tax on high-value second homes. The lawsuit, filed in Newport Superior Court, challenges a law that took effect July 1, imposing an additional $5 tax for every $1,000 of assessed value on […]
The Zillow aggregator model faces pressure from direct listings
America Online, Inc. (AOL) was one of the most powerful companies in America. For millions of people, it was “The Internet.” While AOL produced some of its own proprietary content, its primary play was that of a master aggregator. It didn’t write most of the news, produce the sports scores or build the vast majority […]
New home purchase applications down 5.7% annually in July
Mortgage applications for new home purchases fell 5.7% in July from a year earlier and declined 1% from June, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s Builder Application Survey. The figures, released Thursday, are not seasonally adjusted. “Purchase activity for newly built homes slowed in July, with both applications to purchase and the estimated number […]
NAR launches quarterly index for commercial real estate demand
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has rolled out a Commercial Real Estate Demand Index that tracks early economic drivers of space demand across 306 U.S. metro areas, offering landlords, lenders and investors a forward-looking view of local office, industrial, retail and multifamily markets, according to an announcement on Tuesday. The index is designed to […]
Cash buyer market share falling from pandemic highs
Cash buyers are beginning to lose some of the outsized influence they gained during the pandemic-era housing boom, according to a new Realtor.com report. Cash purchases accounted for 31.4% of home sales during the first four months of 2026, down from 32.3% a year earlier, and are also declining faster than overall home sales. Total […]
What happens to housing demand when you remove the mortgage
The housing story most people are telling right now is a rate story. Rates went up, affordability compressed, volume fell, and everyone is waiting on the Fed to loosen the knot. That story is true for most of the country. It is not the whole map. I sell real estate in Summit County, Colorado, in […]
Tenant filing disputes landlord claims in NYC rent freeze case
New York City tenant advocates aren’t sitting out the legal battle over a rent freeze. They came off the sidelines and entered the courtroom fray to ensure the freeze stays in place. In a Thursday court filing, Tenants and Neighbors and the Metropolitan Council on Housing pushed back against landlords who sued in a Staten […]