2025

Cleveland-based CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) has taken a different approach from competitors. Rather than pursuing mergers and acquisitions to strengthen its origination and servicing platforms, the company has focused on organic growth by acquiring mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) and building an asset management arm.   “Our servicing portfolio by year-end will be approximately $200 billion, and...

The fall housing market is sending a clear message that sellers are adjusting expectations. The latest HW Data shows 42% of active single-family listings nationwide include a price cut. The median markdown is 4%, showing that many sellers are trimming just enough to bring buyers back to the table without significantly resetting market values. Prices and inventory Nationwide inventory totals 863,972...

Want to hear a Realtor brag? Ask them if they like working weekends. They’ll probably tell you how they waltzed through Whole Foods without waiting in line or scored a prime patch of sand on a nearly empty beach on a Tuesday afternoon. Of course, if you’re friends with Realtors (which I highly recommend), the truth often comes out: Most would give anything to have nights and weekends off. Who...

New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland shows that investors now own up to one in three single-family homes in parts of Northeast Ohio — with a local nonprofit working to reverse that trend. Real estate investors were responsible for 43% of home purchases last year in some of Ohio’s and western Pennsylvania’s lowest-income neighborhoods, according to the Cleveland Fed. Much of...

The former Venice home of Jane’s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell has hit the market for $2,695,000 — and it’s every bit as inventive and unconventional as its original owner. Known as the Farrell House, the property was custom-designed by acclaimed architect Steven Ehrlich, FAIA, and remains one of the area’s most intriguing examples of late 20th-century modernism....

A one-of-a-kind condo in Miami Beach has just hit the market for $19.39 million, and it’s every bit as dramatic as its Broadway roots suggest. The oceanfront residence — located at Continuum South Tower at 100 South Pointe Drive — was created by Tony Award-winning producer Luigi Caiola, known for hits like The Color Purple and The Inheritance. Caiola, who co-founded Caiola Productions with his...

High Mortgage Rates and Lean Inventory Cool the Market According to the Miami Association of Realtors, Broward County's housing market cooled in August 2025 as elevated mortgage rates and a shortage of listings at key price points weighed on demand, even as indicators suggest the market is moving toward a healthier balance after years of pandemic-era frenzy. Total residential sales fell 12.4%...

Growth in total active inventory has been my favorite story for housing in 2025, but that inventory growth has slowed recently, and today’s Housing Market Tracker will focus on why. Inventory growth was running at 33% year over year a few months ago, but it dropped to 17.66% last week. Let’s find out what happened. Weekly housing inventory data In recent years, our inventory data has grown...

The Mississippi housing market continues to show one of the slowest absorption rates in the nation, with homes sitting on the market well above the U.S. median. The state now ties with Louisiana, Hawaii and Florida for the longest days on market (DOM), underscoring a widening gap between local conditions and the national trend. HW Data shows Mississippi’s median DOM for single-family homes at 91 days,...

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Real estate agent optimism holds steady, but AI adoption slow Kaplan’s inaugural Real Estate Survey of Trends reveals that 48% of agents expect client growth in the next 6-12...