Darla Mercado of CNBC reports that the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 4.25%–4.5% last week, signaling a cautious stance amid growing concerns over stagflation and tariff-driven inflation. While…

Kiri Blakeley of Realtor.com reports that investor activity held steady in 2024, with 13% of homes purchased by investors, just shy of the 2022 peak of 13.3%. Despite high home…

Courtenay Brown and Neil Irwin of Axios report that while May’s jobs report showed a headline gain of 139,000 payroll jobs, deeper metrics reveal a cooling labor market. Job growth…

Lily Katz and Asad Khan of Redfin report that the housing market now has 1.9 million active home listings against just 1.5 million buyers. This is an “unprecedented” 490,041-unit (34%)…

Sam Goldfarb of the Wall Street Journal writes that Treasury yields keep grinding higher, with the recent $16 billion 20-year auction drawing lukewarm demand and lifting benchmark rates to fresh…

Orphe Divounguy of Zillow reports that nearly 50% of U.S. renter households are rent-burdened—spending over 30% of their income on rent—with disparities tied closely to race, gender, marital status, and…

Claire Jones of the Financial Times reports that GDP dropped 0.3% in Q1 2025—its first contraction since 2022 and a sharp reversal from the prior quarter’s 2.4% growth. This was mainly because businesses rushed to…

Diana Olick of CNBC reports that the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate surged 13 basis points to 7.1% on Friday—the highest level since February—driven by volatility in the bond market…