Home equity levels remain high even as price appreciation has cooled
Cotality’s home equity report for the second quarter of 2025 shows the average U.S. homeowner with a mortgage has $307,000 in equity.
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Fannie Mae: Consumer housing sentiment slips in August
More positive outlooks for mortgage rates and homebuying conditions were not enough to offset declines in seller sentiment, home-price expectations, household income growth and job security.
US housing market value hits record $55T, but growth is slowing
New York posted the biggest gain — equal to about one-quarter of the nation’s increase — while values in Florida and California fell.
Rent collections improve slightly, but late payments signal strain
Compared with August 2024, the on-time payment rate is down 216 basis points. That marks the 25th consecutive month of annual declines.
Realtor.com: Price premium for new homes sinks to all-time low
The premium for new construction homes dropped to 7.8% nationally as builders held prices steady and existing-home prices jumped.
Homebuilders are weathering the trade war — for now
So far, major homebuilders have weathered the trade war, as D.R. Horton and PulteGroup said that tariffs have not heavily impacted them.
Where — and for whom — Trump’s higher SALT deduction cap has the most impact
Capping the SALT deduction effectively raises people’s taxes, but it doesn’t impact every taxpayer equally.
3 charts that show why renters struggle to become homeowners
Data from NLIHC’s annual Out of Reach report shows in no uncertain terms why making the jump from renting to owning has been so tough.
It’s official: DOGE cuts are impacting the DC housing market
A survey conducted by Bright MLS reveals that agents on the ground in D.C. are seeing firsthand the effects of job loss on a higher scale.
Here are the three metros where homeownership is still affordable
Realtor.com calculated the share of income a typical household spends on housing by dividing its estimated median monthly housing costs by the median household income in each of the 50 largest metros and the U.S. more broadly.