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Housing's Year-Over-Year Comps Turn Tougher as Rates Stay Above 6.64%
Inventory climbs to 883,683 and purchase applications flatten as mortgage rates above 6.64% collide with stronger 2025 c...
San Francisco Condos Catch Up as Buyers Pay 26% Over Asking and Investor Deals Surge
Condo sales jump 25% year-over-year while multifamily trades surpass the previous three years combined, but new Fannie M...
Northeast Metros Dominate Hottest US Housing Markets as Inventory Stays Tight
Rochester, Hartford, Boston and Buffalo lead the nation in single-family market heat, with supply as low as one month an...
ANZ Reports 12% Drop in Home Loan Applications After Housing Tax Changes
ANZ is the third major Australian bank to flag weaker mortgage demand after negative gearing and capital gains tax chang...
Russia’s New-Build Prices Trail Inflation as Mass Discounts Stay Off the Table
Primary-market prices rose 3.6% in H1 2026, below 4.2% inflation. Analysts see no mass discounts, but demand is shifting...
Home Equity Fintech Splitero Expands to Four More States Amid Industry Scrutiny
The fintech company now offers its Maturity Match equity investment in 18 states, targeting homeowners with locked-in lo...
Spanish Home Sales Rebound 1.6% in June as New Builds Lead the Charge
Spanish housing transactions rose 1.6% year-on-year in June, snapping a five-month decline, with new-build sales surging...
Bratislava's New-Home Supply Tops 4,000 for First Time Since 2017 as Sales Dip
Sales of new apartments in the Slovak capital fell 12% quarter-on-quarter to 652 units in Q2 2026, while the number of a...
Homes Selling Below Asking in 38 of 50 Largest U.S. Cities—Here’s Where and Why
Higher mortgage rates are giving buyers more negotiating power, with the biggest discounts in Florida and Texas. But rec...
Rocket Companies Posts Record Market Share as AI Tools Drive Productivity, but Q3 Outlook Tempered by High Rates
Rocket's Q2 2026 net revenue nearly doubled to $2.78 billion, with market share hitting records in purchase and refinanc...
Vancouver-Area Home Sales Drop 9.8% in July, Erasing June's Brief Rebound
Greater Vancouver home sales fell to 2,061 units in July, down 9.8% year-over-year, while benchmark prices dropped 6.2% ...
Vitória Becomes Brazil's Most Expensive City for Property, Surpassing Balneário Camboriú
The capital of Espírito Santo tops the FipeZAP residential sales index for July, while neighboring Vila Velha records th...
Negative Equity Gaffe Hands Coalition Ammunition on Labor Housing Policy
A minister's mix-up over negative equity gives the Coalition a line of attack on Labor's tax and housing policies, but t...
Executives: Falling Household Formation, Migration Are Reshaping US Housing Demand
PulteGroup, Cortland and Invitation Homes leaders see record-low household formation and shifting migration patterns red...
Mortgage rates in August: Pros see a flat, choppy range near 6.5%
Experts forecast 30-year fixed rates to hover between roughly 6.25% and 6.8% in August, caught between sticky inflation ...
London's Population Shrinks for First Time in 37 Years as Over 400,000 Leave for Other UK Regions
Net internal migration outflow of nearly 132,000 people erases natural increase and international gains, pushing London’...
NAB Reveals 15% Drop in Mortgage Applications as RBA Rules Out Housing Relief
National Australia Bank reports a sharp fall in home loan demand, while the Reserve Bank signals it won't intervene to p...
Spanish Home Sales Fall 11.8% in May as Prices Surge 8.8% Amid Supply Squeeze
The number of home sales in Spain dropped 11.8% year-on-year in May, while average prices jumped 8.8% to €2,049 per squa...
US Mortgage Rates Hit 11-Month High, Squeezing Homebuyers
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed to 6.76% for the fourth straight week, the highest since August 2025, as...
Real Estate Brokers Say Mortgage Rate Spike Derails Housing Rebound; 2026 Sales Now Seen at 4 Million
A jump in the 30-year mortgage rate from 6.23% to 6.94% after the Iran conflict escalation has upended the housing marke...
PM Burnham: No Stamp Duty Adjustments in Next Budget
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham confirmed the government will not alter stamp duty land tax in the upcoming budget, ...