According to Realtor.com®’s monthly housing data report for August, this marked the 22nd consecutive month of inventory growth. While active listings are up 20.9% since last year, that pace is slowing and has been for the past four months, down 10.6% from May, the report detailed. Housing inventory is growing fastest in the West and…
Top producer Jennifer Hernandez has been a licensed real estate professional for over 16 years now. Initially entering the industry to help other military families with the rental and home-buying process, she has consistently ranked at the top of the highly competitive northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., market. Now with CENTURY 21, Hernandez spoke with…
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index declined by 1.3 points this month to 97.4 from 98.7 in July, reflecting consumers’ rising concerns regarding stock prices, interest rates and the labor market overall. The Present Situation Index, which considers consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions, fell by 1.6 points this month, now at…
ATTOM, a real estate analytics company, has released its third quarter 2025 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, analyzing foreclosure, equity and owner-occupancy status compared to monthly updated vacancy data. In the third quarter of 2025, 222,318 homes were in the process of foreclosure. Of those pre-foreclosure homes, 7,519 or 3.38% were “zombie” properties, or…
While the second quarter of 2025 was characterized by high prices and increasing demand, this Q2 earnings recap shows that companies remain hopeful for the future while focusing primarily on AI integration/technology initiatives as well as agent recruitment and retention amid many legal battles and controversies. Key takeaways from quarter two earnings reports: Anywhere While…
Realtor.com’s July Monthly Housing Trends Report reflects a market that’s beginning to favor the buyer, where inventory is high and listing prices are dropping—but only in specific regions. On a national level, the median listing price for homes has increased 0.5% in the past year—a far cry from recent years. The number of active listings…
According to a report published by RentCafe, $1,500 a month can get you a home in Wichita, Kansas that’s a little more than six times the size of a Manhattan rental unit costing the same exact price. To put that into perspective, an entire $1,500 New York City apartment is almost equivalent to one of…
The May S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index (HPI) released this morning reveals that national home prices have had the smallest increase since July 2023, at a 2.3% annual gain, down from 2.7% in April. According to the HPI, the 20-City Composite gained 2.8%, down 0.42% since the prior month, and the 10-City Composite…
In today's elevated mortgage-rate environment, many homebuyers moved to refinance their mortgages recently as rates dipped. Read more.
