Baltimore launches $6.2B housing redevelopment effort
Work is supported by $1.2 billion in public funding commitments and is expected to leverage an additional $5 billion from the private sector.
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Sun Belt leads sales volume but posts nation’s lowest absorption rate
Housing market efficiency varies dramatically by region with Sun Belt showing lowest absorption rate despite highest sales volume.
Where do mortgage rates go from here?
Our mortgage rates forecast examines where rates could go for the remainder of 2025 based on yields and spreads.
Have lower mortgage rates already changed the housing market?
This weekend’s tracker focuses on how lower mortgage rates have changed the supply and demand data lines since mid-June.
Help exists for cash-strapped homebuyers — but many don’t know it
Three experts — a former agent, an economist and a down payment program founder — talk about the decline in housing affordability and what help is out there.
$67K to sell a home? Consumers drastically underestimate the costs
More than half of respondents were surprised by costs and nearly a quarter went into debt. Forty percent reported financial strain.
Household income climbs in some big cities, outweighed by inflation in others
Modest income increases failed to keep pace with the roughly 3% inflation rate, meaning many households effectively lost buying power.
Mortgage rates go wild following Fed rate cut and Powell remarks
Mortgage rates rose 15 basis points today following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments at the Fed press event Wednesday.
FEMA funds blocked illegally, GAO finds
The Government Accountability Office said FEMA violated the Impoundment Control Act, which bars the withholding of congressionally approved funding.
Section 8 use barriers analyzed in new study
While the Section 8 program enables more than 2 million low-income families each year to rent housing, thousands of vouchers go unused.