As a lead-up to Super Bowl 2026, many real estate outlets released reports on housing markets in Seattle and Boston. Anthony Smith of Realtor.com compared Boston and Seattle’s luxury housing…

Sarah Wheeler of HousingWire reports that President Trump has nominated Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, setting up what could be a contentious confirmation…

Danielle Hale of Realtor.com reports that existing home sales rose 5.1% in December 2025 to a 4.35M annualized pace, 1.4% higher than a year ago, helped by lower mortgage rates…

Glenn Thrush and Colby Smith of the New York Times report that the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., has opened a criminal investigation into whether Federal Reserve Chair Jerome…

Joel Berner of Realtor.com reports that the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index showed modestly firmer price growth in October, with prices up 1.4% YoY (vs. 1.3%…

Jake Krimmel of Realtor.com reports that Freddie Mac’s 30-year fixed mortgage rate edged down 3 basis points to 6.18% this week (from 6.21% last week), sitting near 2025’s late-October lows…

Jing Fu of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that the U.S. labor market cooled in November 2025, with nonfarm payrolls rising just 64,000 (down from September’s revised…

Megan Hunt reports that ATTOM’s Q3 2025 U.S. Housing Risk Report identified a heavy geographic concentration of housing market vulnerability, with 16 of the top 50 highest-risk counties in California,…