Massachusetts set to bar home sellers from requiring inspection waivers
The policy prohibits sellers and agents from requiring or encouraging buyers to waive a home inspection as a purchase condition.
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Seattle housing market wrestles with crippling affordability concerns
Seattle is wrestling with a problem that is more acute than all but a handful of metropolitan areas — crippling affordability issues.
Comfortable city living usually requires a six-figure salary
Nine of the top 10 cities where homeowners need the highest incomes are located on the West Coast or in the Pacific region.
Americans are divided over housing impacts of immigration, tariffs
Opinions fell mainly along party lines, with Republicans having a rosier view of tariffs and new immigration policies than Democrats.
Mortgage rates aren’t hampering millennials’ homebuying interest
A recent Realtor.com survey found that 23% of millennials plan to buy a home in the next six months, up from 15% in September 2024.
Where land-use regulations are driving up housing costs
The federal government has few options for addressing housing costs because most land-use regulations are administered at the local level.
More home sellers and home sales in May
The risk for this market is mortgage rates going higher. Even as the stock market has rebounded, the bond market has kept rates high.
Deadline looms in Minnesota property tax forfeiture lawsuit
As many as 15,000 people may qualify for payment if they lost a home, business or other property due to tax forfeiture between 2012 and 2023
NAR: Home prices are up in 83% of metros
According to the National Association of Realtors, 189 of 228 metro areas saw an uptick in the median price for a single-family home.
Home sales disappoint at the end of April
Weekly single-family home sales came in 8% below the same time last year, and condo sales came in 19% fewer.