HousingWire Research is the premier source of comprehensive, real-time data and analysis for the housing market, covering mortgage, real estate brokerage, team and agent data. Our goal is to empower the housing industry with actionable insights to make informed decisions. By delivering cutting-edge research and breaking down industry silos, we give our audience the full picture.
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January 2026
New HousingWire research: How mortgage leaders are really approaching AI in 2026
This exclusive HousingWire Research report, created in partnership with DocMagic, details how lenders are navigating AI adoption, where they anticipate the strongest returns, and the operational challenges that will determine how AI is integrated moving forward.
Latest Research Reports
New HousingWire research: How mortgage leaders are really approaching AI in 2026
A new HousingWire Research report reveals how mortgage leaders are approaching AI in 2026, including adoption trends, digitization gaps, and what it takes to scale AI beyond pilots.
Unaffordable by Design: What’s Next for America’s Intractable Housing Crisis?
Why is housing so expensive, and what can we do about it? For decades, U.S. housing policy has quietly prioritized protecting existing homeowners over creating opportunities for future buyers.
The Rise of Rental Fraud in Real Estate Listings: A Nationwide Analysis
Rental fraud and property listing scams pose a significant threat to sellers, renters, real estate professionals and brokerage owners. These scam listings often lurk behind enticing deals and seemingly legitimate property listings.
2025 Housing Market Forecast: The Path to Home Sales Recovery
A strategic roadmap to help industry experts anticipate client needs, and understand the market recovery — from home price stability and transaction volumes to the influence of shifting mortgage rates
Addressing the lack of understanding around reverse for purchase
With an unprecedented wave of retirements—over 4.1 million Americans each year, according to the Peak65 report by Alliance for Lifetime Income—understanding the intricacies of reverse mortgages is essential.
Who’s Winning the Home Equity War
Given the depressed state of the first mortgage market, the battle to win consumers’ home equity business has never been fiercer. Cue the epic showdown: Who will win the home equity war?
HousingWire Research: Examining Verification Waterfalls
Are you using the most effective and cost efficient methods for verifying income and employment? Have you considered a verification waterfall to lower cost and reduce risk?
HousingWire Research: The Mortgage Rate Lock-In Effect is Shaping Today’s Market
The mortgage rate “lock-in” effect has been hotly debated. This report unveils a new approach to analyzing lock-in – inventory opposed to transactions – revealing surprising insights.
Research Report: Your step-by-step guide to becoming a digital closing leader
Ready to start your journey to digital maturity? HousingWire surveyed title and settlement companies to find out where they sit on the Stavvy Digital Maturity Model.
Study: A Playbook for Real Estate Brokerage Growth
HousingWire Research looked at key performance metrics and interviewed owners and operators of the RealTrends Verified GameChangers to find out the strategies that led to their growth.
Research News
Mortgage applications fell again even as 30-year rates eased
Jun 03, 2026Mortgage applications fell 2.5% in the week ending May 29, 2026, and the refinance index was at its weakest since last June.
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Credit card and auto loan delinquencies look like 2008. Housing does not
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Small investors, not Wall Street, are tightening the path to homeownership
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Case-Shiller shows further cooling of US home prices in March
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Why housing construction can’t grow at current demand levels
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April jobs report shows 115K payroll gains, unemployment rate at 4.3%
May 08, 2026
