Existing-Home Sales Up 2.2%, Strongest Since February 2024
In December, total existing-home sales—completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops—rose 2.2%, up from November’s rate of ...
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Housing Starts Popped to End Year, but Builders Face Headwinds in 2025
As the new year sets in, will there be sufficient inventory to make 2025 a strong time for the real ...
Inflation Up for the Third Straight Month, Though Economists See Silver Lining
Inflation continues to rise after a seven-month decline from early in 2024, reversing the trend seen from March to September, ...
‘Expect the Unexpected’: Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant on the 2025 Housing Market
When it comes to the housing market, in 2025, the only thing we should expect is the unexpected. At least ...
Thousands Attend ‘Ready to Thrive in 2025’—RISMedia’s Rocking in the New Year—to Hit the Ground Running
Above, from left, Dr. Lisa Sturtevant, Nykia Wright and Brian Buffini on this year’s RISMedia’s Real Estate’s Rocking in the ...
Big Job Gains in December; Unemployment Rate Unchanged
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 256,000 in December, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1%, the U.S. Bureau ...
Home-Price Appreciation Continues Slowdown in Latest Case-Shiller Index
The current state of housing affordability in the U.S. has been described in recent reports as bleak and unbalanced, citing ...
2024: The Housing Market That Didn’t Happen
At the end of last year, forecasters were bullish on the 2024 housing market. The Fed was going to cut ...
Ask The Newsmakers: A Roadmap for the Future
Above (L-R): Rob Barber, Darryl Davis, Lisa Sturtevant and Rick Haase. With all eyes on the year ahead, real estate ...
Inflation Up Again, According to December Consumer Price Index
After a year of inflation coming down, the last stretch of 2024 has seen a reverse course, per the latest ...
5 Tips for Reaching Out to New Clients in the New Year
If you’re only talking to people you’ve already done business with, then that could limit or even shrink your network of active business. Read more.
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