May home sales barely move as high mortgage rates, prices, weigh on housing market
NEW YORK (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes edged higher in May, as stubbornly high mortgage rates and rising prices made homebuying less affordable even as the inventory of properties on the market continued to increase. Existing home sales rose 0.8% last month from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.03 million units, the National […]
Housing supply, affordability gap remain top of mind for potential homebuyers
Households earning $75,000 a year can only afford 21.2% of all home listings, according to the National Association of Realtors and Realtor.com. In the 2025 Housing Affordability & Supply report released Thursday, NAR officials said that America’s housing affordability gap persists with less than one-fourth of all For Sale home listings economically feasible for potential buyers maki[...]
Va. real estate industry weighs in on $418M Realtors settlement
UPDATED MARCH 21, 2 P.M. A landmark, $418 million proposed court settlement from the National Association of Realtors over allegations of a conspiracy to boost agent commissions could have seismic implications for the residential real estate industry, with some national experts going so far as to call it one of the biggest changes to the […]