NEW YORK — Did you buy your house during the pandemic years? Congratulations, there’s a good chance you have a dirt cheap mortgage rate. Perhaps below 3% – about half of today’s average for a 30-year fixed mortgage. For would-be buyers who missed that golden window, it can feel like they lost their opportunity […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Question: I let my cousin stay with me for a couple of weeks while she was having some issues. Those couple of weeks have now turned into a couple of months, and I can’t really deal with her anymore. How do I get her out? — Sheila Answer: Sometimes situations […]
NEW YORK — It’s well-documented that kitchens are popular gathering spaces in homes. Perhaps that’s one reason why homeowners looking to sell their homes direct so much attention to the kitchen before listing their properties. The real estate experts at Trulia note that emphasis is well worth it, as buyers inspect kitchens and primary […]
News & Media NEW YORK — As U.S. income growth stalls at one of its weakest points in nearly a decade, Gen Z and younger millennials are feeling the greatest financial strain, according to new JPMorgan Chase Institute research. Annual income growth for 25- to 29-year-olds slowed to 5.2% in September, one of the […]
NEW YORK — What was anticipated as a bounce-back year for the housing market in 2025 never materialized. Rate cuts from the Fed did not occur as early in the year as expected, policy uncertainty sidelined many buyers, and affordability constraints remained despite inventory in the new-home sector increasing. Given how the year transpired, […]
News & Media NEW YORK — First-time home buyers preparing to enter the housing market in 2026 are being encouraged to prioritize readiness over waiting for ideal conditions, as affordability pressures and limited inventory persist. Buyers who delay in hopes of lower mortgage rates may find that home prices and competition offset potential savings, […]
WASHINGTON – The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made some long-awaited permanent changes to the tax code. It also introduced short-term tax breaks that come with strict limits and phaseouts, and many of them are only available through 2028 or 2029. Here are four ways to get the most out of the OBBBA’s temporary […]
MIAMI – Shared homeownership isn’t new, but who’s doing it is. As prices surge, more first-time buyers are turning to friends to afford a home. According to the National Association of Realtors®, home prices have risen 56% since early 2020. At the same time, first-time buyers now make up just 21% of the market, […]
News & Media NEW YORK – As the real estate market stabilizes in 2026, success is increasingly tied to fundamentals rather than visibility or spend. Agents who entered the business within the past three to five years may be better positioned precisely because they are not anchored to habits formed during the low-rate, high-volume […]
News & Media By Amy Connolly TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Legislative tort reforms passed in 2022 and 2023 prevented Florida property and casualty insurance premiums from rising an average of 14.5% and spurred economic growth across the state, according to a new Perryman Group analysis. The February 2026 report, The Economic Benefits of Tort Reform […]
News & Media WASHINGTON – Existing-home sales decreased by 8.4% in January, according to the National Association of Realtors® Existing-Home Sales report. The report provides the real estate ecosystem — including agents, homebuyers and sellers — with data on the level of home sales, price, and inventory. Month-over-month and year-over-year sales fell in all […]
WASHINGTON — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate is holding at just above 6% after reversing a modest uptick in recent weeks – just as the housing market closes in on the spring homebuying season. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate slipped to 6.09% from 6.11% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said […]
