spring

Active weekly housing inventory growth slowed slightly last week, but it’s still running at a healthier clip than in 2023. I have a simple model with mortgage rates being above 7.25%: weekly inventory data should grow between…

An increase in homes for sale across the Seattle area offered more choices to shoppers last month, but brought little relief for the many buyers struggling with high costs and a still-tight market.New single-family home listings…

US pending home sales, a measure of contract signings on existing homes, gained momentum in February as some buyers raced ahead of climbing mortgage rates.After dipping in January, the index for pending home sales rose 1.6% in February,…

Amazon's Big Spring Sale is set to launch tomorrow, March 20, bringing with it a ton of savings on home and tech items. But you don't have to wait until the sale kicks off officially. There are already tons of early deals available,…

A serious 10-year yield and mortgage rate talk My work on housing moves around the 10-year yield and the economics that move that. The growth rate of inflation has fallen a lot on the year-over-year data, but mortgage rates haven’t…

Naperville police warn of cryptocurrency scams after nearly $750K in recent losses The Naperville Police Department is warning the public to be on the lookout for cryptocurrency scams, after seeing four reported cases since February…

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Sunny Day’s Vendor Market hosts different markets on the second Saturday of every month. Today, they collaborated with Sunflower Community Inc. and Jenny Mac’s Vendor Events to host the first-ever Easter market. The…

Seattle-area home prices continued to pick up in February as the market approached the busy spring season and shoppers vied for a limited supply of homes for sale.The number of pending sales and closed sales, as well as the median…

Although the housing market traditionally thaws every spring, aspiring homebuyers may want to consider an extended hibernation given what is an exceptionally tough market this year.Home prices last year rose an average of 6.7% in…

Nearly every New Jersey town is expected to continue seeing steady increases in home prices through the spring, according to the latest Zillow real estate forecast.Lawnside, a township in Camden County, is expected to see the biggest…