Orange County (Calif.) Register, Feb. 26, 2026-Jeff LazersonUsing a 30-year mortgage, a homeowner financing $641,250. would pay $1,746,792 over the life of the loan.Click here for more
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Out-Of-Town Interest Surges Across U.S. Housing Markets
National Mortgage Professional, Feb. 26, 2026-Eric PeckOut‑of‑town home shoppers are now the dominant force in the vast majority of the nation’s largest housing markets, according to a new report from …
Rental Vacancy Data Shows Progress That Can Keep Mortgage Rates Lower
HousingWire, Feb. 25, 2026-Logan MohtashamiOne of the positive housing stories that doesn’t get a lot of attention is the vacancy data we have in the U.S. today, especially the rental …
San Francisco’s AI-boosted Real Estate Investing Revival
Bloomberg, Feb. 26, 2026-John GittlesohnSan Francisco’s AI boom is setting off a race for new office towers in a downtown that once symbolized the urban doom loop.Click here for more …
US Data Center Construction Fell Amid Permit and Power Delays
Bloomberg, February 25, 2026-John GittelsohnConstruction of new data centers in the U.S. fell for the first time since 2020 despite soaring demand for artificial intelligence computing capacity.Click here for more …
Everything President Trump Said About Housing in Tuesday’s State of the Union Address
MPA, Feb. 25, 2026-Liezel OncePresident Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to promise a housing market that would be “affordable again” for first‑time buyers while preserving the …
Here Are the U.S. Housing Markets Gen Z Is Flocking to
MPA, Feb. 25, 2026-Liezel OnceGen Z are only just beginning to show up in national migration statistics, but a new dataset suggests their choices are already reshaping pockets of the …
U.S. Mortgage Rates Reach Lowest Since 2022, Spurs Refinancing
Bloomberg News, Feb. 25, 2025-Vince GolleU.S. mortgage rates slipped last week to the lowest level since 2022, generating more refinancing activity.Click here for more (subscription)
We Need More Houses. Why Aren’t More Being Built?
The New York Times, Feb. 25, 2026-Maya NguyenOur weekly exploration of numbers that help us understand our world continues with a question at the center of the housing crisis: How …
Delinquencies Spike at Large Servicers in Fourth Quarter
Inside Mortgage Finance, February 25, 2026-Brandon IveyAccording to Inside Mortgage Finance’s Large Servicer Delinquency Index, the overall delinquency rate increased by 46.6 basis points from the end of September, hitting …