Real Estate
Real estate news provides vital information to mortgage and housing industry professionals, and HousingWire’s real estate news coverage is focused on the top and timely information that agents, teams and brokerages need to know. Whether it’s news about further declines in housing inventory, insight into builder pace, or updates on housing market data like home sales and home prices, HousingWire offers you the insight you need into the biggest home trends and changes in real estate.
Right now, there are numerous factors driving the real estate news cycle, not the least of which is fluctuating interest rates. Mortgage rates rose rapidly throughout 2022, which has had a massive impact on the housing market across the board — and directly affected the price and demand of real estate, home prices, and government policies related to tax incentives, deductions, and subsidies that can boost or hinder demand.
And, while it appears that the Federal Reserve may be prepared to slow the uptick in the Fed rate, it’s likely that rates will continue to have an impact on the industry in some form throughout some or all of 2023. To stay on top of the latest real estate news, industry professionals turn to HousingWire’s real estate news coverage, where they can learn about policy that is impacting lender and consumer activity, economic and market trends that are guiding strategy and opportunities for real estate and mortgage professionals, and find out about best practices being incorporated by leading industry professionals and agencies.
Latest Posts
The title industry’s latest cat-and-mouse game: Seller impersonation fraud
May 26, 2023The threat posed by wire fraud has commanded quite a bit of attention from the real estate ecosystem. But as the housing industry has gotten better at tackling it, fraudsters have been hard at work developing more creative scams. In January, a report from wire fraud prevention firm CertifID in conjunction with the U.S. Secret […]
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Pending home sales were flat in April, but the South is a bright spot
May 25, 2023 -
Spring brings homebuying season and increased risk of wire fraud
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Mortgage apps decline as rates hit the 7% mark
May 24, 2023 -
DataDigest: In the nation’s hottest housing market, flood insurance premiums soar
May 24, 2023 -
Only 70,000 new homes available for sale
May 23, 2023 -
How top mortgage broker Mark Cohen stays on top of the SoCal market
May 23, 2023 -
Homebuilders are taking advantage of low existing inventory
May 23, 2023 -
Is the spring housing market about to rebound?
May 23, 2023 -
Setpoint acquires Resolute Diligence Solutions
May 22, 2023 -
Mortgage rates increase as debt ceiling battle continues
May 18, 2023