Data and Analysis
Home affordability improves in first quarter as wages rise, home-price growth softens
Wage gains and lower rates helped buyers in early 2026, though 97% of U.S. counties remain less affordable by historical norms
Wage gains and lower rates helped buyers in early 2026, though 97% of U.S. counties remain less affordable by historical norms
Purchase originations and single-family starts have also been revised lower for 2026
2025 marked the fourth consecutive year of easing in remodeling costs: Verisk
Flattening of U.S. Treasury yield curve ‘signals potential for more economic challenges ahead’: MCT
Mortgage lenders’ growing outcry about spiking credit score costs have begun to echo in Washington
Commercial delinquencies rose for the second consecutive quarter on Fannie Mae portfolios: MBA
Volatile Treasury yields, rising mortgage rates and revived questions about Fannie and Freddie’s future reshape homebuying in real time
Economic shocks from widening Iran war likely to compound pullback in residential investments to start the year
Survey results reveal AI’s growth is fueling fears about deteriorating home affordability
Even as borrowing costs eased and winter weather improved, new-home mortgage demand struggled to emerge
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