December 2025

Mortgage delinquencies steady in September, but there’s ‘signs of stress beneath the surface’

U.S. mortgage delinquencies held steady at 3% in September 2025, unchanged from a year earlier but up slightly from 2.9% at the end of the second quarter, according to Cotality‘s newest Loan Performance Indicators report released on Tuesday. “The national delinquency rate has remained relatively stable over the past year and quarter. It is still up from the record lows seen in mid-2024. Even so,...

As rural housing costs soar, financing affordable housing remains a hurdle

America’s housing affordability crisis is an equal-opportunity phenomenon. Nowhere is this more painfully clear than in the nation’s rural communities, which quietly confront a deepening affordability gap. Financing challenges unique to rural areas pursuing affordable housing development exacerbate a growing imbalance. A new Redfin study notes that home prices in rural communities have increased...

Stress appears for consumer credit conditions

The American Financial Services Association (AFSA), the nation’s oldest and largest consumer credit trade group, on Tuesday released its quarterly Consumer Credit Conditions Index. It found that AFSA members’ assessment of current conditions turned slightly negative in the third quarter of 2025. More respondents reported worsening business conditions than improving conditions, pushing the survey’s...

This 160-acre Hudson Valley farmstead will make you yearn for the countryside

This estate feels as if time itself paused to preserve its charm. Spread across 160 pastoral acres, the historic White Bridge Farm in Old Chatham, New York — dating back to 1775 — has undergone a meticulous four-year restoration that honored every inch of its colonial past while quietly threading in modern comforts. Once a working farm, the property has been revived into a bucolic sanctuary...

A sky-high 41st-floor penthouse wrapped in glass hits the market in Midtown, New York City

A glass-wrapped penthouse perched 41 stories above Midtown just hit the market for $7,195,000, brought to market by Michelle Griffith and Jason Walker of Douglas Elliman — and it’s basically the ultimate holiday wish-list topper. Penthouse 5S at 135 West 52nd Street spans a massive 4,373 square feet across two levels, giving it the kind of scale that’s increasingly rare in the city, especially...

How to Stay Calm When Hosting Christmas (12 photos)

Christmas carries the weight of expectation and pressure, so while it should be a happy time spent with family and friends, it can easily slip into feeling stressful and labor-intensive. Which is a shame, because when Christmas goes well, it’s a wonderful celebration and a chance to gather with...

Las Vegas Home Prices Hit Record High in November as Inventory Swells, Sales Cool

Las Vegas home prices climbed to a new high in November 2025 even as sales volumes weakened and inventory continued to build, according to the latest report from Las Vegas Realtors. The median price of an existing single-family home rose to $488,995, edging up 1.9% from a year earlier and surpassing the previous record of $485,000 set multiple times earlier in 2025. Prices for condos and townhomes reached...

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