Newsweek, April 14, 2025-Giulia CarbonaroAn ongoing construction boom has combined with slowing demand to create a pileup of unsold homes in the once-booming Texas housing market, where prices are now …
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A Growing Share of New Yorkers Are Set to Receive — Not Buy — Their Homes
Bloomberg News, April 14, 2025-Paulina CacheroAbout a quarter of all Manhattan home sales in 2024 involved a trust, a preferred tool for passing on wealth.Click here for more (subscription)
MBA Renews Its Fight Against Trigger Leads
National Mortgage Professional, April 11, 2025-Katie JensenConsumers and loan originators may be tired of trigger leads, but the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is just getting started… again.Click here for more …
A New Luxury-Building Amenity the Whole Neighborhood Can Use: Child Care
The New York Times, April 11, 2025-Eliza ShapiroIt was time for the real estate developer to face facts: No one was really using the common space on the second floor …
Power 5 Universities Dominate New Student Housing Supply as Smaller Markets See Rent Declines
Globe St., April 11, 2025-Philippa MaisterYardi’s student housing report for April 2025 suggests a market that is weaker than last year, with preleasing slowing and tepid rent growth, even though …
42 Housing Markets Where Home Sellers Have the Most Power Right Now
Fast Company, April 11, 2025-Lance LambertNational active housing inventory for sale at the end of March 2025 was up 28.5% compared to March 2024. That’s just 20% below pre-pandemic levels …
Stubbornly High Mortgage Rates Thwart the Crucial Home-Selling Season
The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2025-Nicole Friedman and Gina HeebMortgage rates usually fall during periods of economic uncertainty. But during the past tumultuous week for the markets, mortgage rates …
Build-to-Rent Homes Reach Record Completions
HousingWire, April 10, 2025-Jonathan DelozierThe U.S. build-to-rent (BTR) housing sector reached new heights in 2024, completing a record-setting 39,000 single-family rental homes — a 15.5% increase from the previous year …
Florida Housing Market Sees ‘Buyers on Strike’ in Multiple Cities
Newsweek, April 10, 2025-Giulia CarbonaroA growing number of unsold homes are piling up in the Florida market as buyers in the state remain “on strike,” leading sellers to lose “patience” …
Why America Should Sprawl
The New York Times, April 10, 2025-Conor DoughertyThe conference room next to Ross Perot Jr.’s office has a floor-to-ceiling map of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. The map is in …