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,…

Keith Griffith of Realtor.com reports that U.S. home values are losing momentum, with the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index showing just a 1.3% annual gain in September (the weakest since mid-2023)…

Lucia Mutikani of Reuters reports that the U.S. labor market showed mixed signals in September: nonfarm payrolls grew by 119,000 jobs (well above forecasts) after August was revised to a…

Samantha Delouya of CNN reports that President Trump proposed a 50-year mortgage aimed at cutting monthly payments by a few hundred dollars. Still, housing experts warn it could sharply raise…