Existing-Home Sales Fell 2.0% in August While Supply Reached a Decade High
NAR reported 3.98 million annualized sales and 4.9 months of inventory, the deepest supply in more than ten years.
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Rents Have Risen Seven Months Straight and Are Still Below Last Year
Mortgage Rates Jumped 19 Basis Points in a Single Week to 6.95%
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Lodging REITs Returned 42.8% in the First Half While Apartment REITs Managed 8.3%
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Miami-Dade's Best June Since 2023 Hides a Split Market
House sales are up and inventory is tight; condo sales are up too, but prices there are falling and a post-Surfside reserve law is a big reason why.
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Phoenix and Las Vegas Asking Prices Are Falling Faster Than the Nation's
Realtor.com's August data show both Sun Belt metros with rising inventory, falling list prices and heavier price-cut activity than the national average — a listings-based signal, not a closed-sales one.
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Austin Advanced a 45-Year Development Deal for a 2,614-Acre Tract on the Colorado River
The 'Dog's Head' annexation would add more than four square miles to the city, with a 20% affordable housing requirement and a tax increment zone.
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A 1,736-Acre Tract South of Austin Sold for a 6,200-Home Community
Walton Global sold the Hays County land to two Austin buyers planning schools, parks and lot widths as narrow as 40 feet.
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Charlotte Approved 28% Fewer Single-Family Homes This Year, and Sewer Capacity Is Part of Why
Census data show 12,221 units permitted in the metro through July, with builders pointing to land prices and infrastructure limits.
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A Long Island City Lot Left Over From an Olympic Bid Will Hold 983 Homes
New York City designated developers for The Orion, where two-thirds of the apartments will be permanently affordable and 149 are reserved for formerly homeless residents.
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A Police Parking Lot in the East Village Is Slated for 131 Affordable Homes
The Aurea would be built on city-owned land at 324 East 5th Street under a community land trust, with 30% of apartments for formerly homeless New Yorkers.
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New York City Set a Target of 200,000 New Affordable Homes in a Decade
The Block by Block plan pairs that goal with preserving 200,000 existing homes and nearly $5 billion over two years.
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California's Insurer of Last Resort Raised Rates 29.1% for 675,000 Policyholders
The increase takes effect October 15 and lands hardest on homes in high wildfire risk areas, where premiums may double.
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Florida's State Insurer Cut Homeowners Rates 8.8% — but Raised Them on Mobile Homes
Citizens' overall personal lines decrease was 5.9%, and four product lines saw increases. Its policy count is down 76% from the 2023 peak.
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Case-Shiller Showed Chicago Up 6.5% and Seattle Down 2.3% in the Same Month
The national index rose 0.8% over the year to April 2026 — a figure that describes almost none of the individual metros inside it.
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Texas Metros Split the Preferences of Gen Z and Millennial Movers
San Antonio led among Gen Z destinations while Houston drew millennials, highlighting how age and life stage shape migration.
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San Francisco Accelerates While Seattle’s Housing Market Slows
Two major West Coast technology hubs are moving in different directions, resisting a single regional narrative.
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