2025

On the surface, Seattle’s housing market looks like any other in the country. The inventory of single-family homes for sale is up substantially year over year. New listings are up slightly, sales remain subdued and home prices aren’t moving much. That’s the story in the majority of housing markets. But Seattle is wrestling with a problem that is more acute than all but a handful of metropolitan...

Homeownership in many of America’s largest cities now demands a six-figure salary to sustain a comfortable lifestyle — with some regions requiring more than $300,000 annually. A new analysis by GOBankingRates ranked the top 50 U.S. cities by the income necessary to afford a comfortable standard of living, using factors such as average home prices, rents and other cost-of-living benchmarks. The...

A new Redfin survey reveals sharp divides among Americans over how immigration and tariffs are affecting housing affordability, reflecting a complex and politically charged landscape. More than half of U.S. homeowners and renters (51.2%) believe that reducing immigration could worsen housing affordability by shrinking the pool of construction workers and limiting the number of new homes built. In turn,...

Mark Diamond has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for his crimes against elderly homeowners, but the scars from the damage he inflicted across the Chicago metro area are still visible. A recent report from a local publication, the South Side Weekly, detailed one family’s struggle to recover from Diamond’s scams. Louise Minter was tricked into taking out a reverse mortgage and had her...

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — a new weekly series rounding up the latest in technology, including tools, integrations and trends impacting mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: UWM’s Jason Bressler challenges the fear-driven narrative around AI in mortgage lending At HousingWire’s The Gathering, United Wholesale Mortgage Chief Technology Offficer Jason Bressler...

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Side-entrance mudrooms get a lot of attention these days. But a home’s main front entry shouldn’t be overlooked. After all, this is typically the first and last impression a guest has of a home. To make an indelible impact, design and construction pros focus on creating eye-catching surfaces and...

Image CEO Richard Byrne discusses new lending opportunities and a strategic acquisition that positions the firm for long-term...

Image CEO Ismael Clemente also says office, retail, logistics fundamentals are...

After two years of historic lows in home sales, the U.S. housing market is expected to rebound in 2025, according to Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Speaking at the "Residential Economic Issues & Trends Forum" during the 2025 Realtors Legislative Meetings, Yun projected a 6% increase in existing-home sales next year, followed by an 11% jump in...