Calmer economic seas revive home sales in May, but buyers still face confounding costs Newly pending sales rose 3.5% in May from a slower April and now stand 0.9% above last year. The number of available homes to buy increased to 1.3 million, giving buyers more options than in any month since July 2020. Buyers
As we close out the first week of June 2025, the U.S. housing market continues to send mixed signals. Mortgage rates moved modestly but ended the week slightly lower, while buyer demand remained tepid. Inventory is rising nationwide, reshaping negotiations and hinting at a potentially cooler summer. Mortgage rate snapshot: Where we stand now Mortgage
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Gambling on the Las Vegas real estate market is a risk that buyers are increasingly unwilling to take. According to Zillow (NASDAQ:Z), inventory increased by a massive 44.5% in March compared to the same time last year. A
Condo experts discuss condo crisis at Palm Beach Post town hall Condo industry experts explain new state laws enacted after the Surfside condominium collapse in 2021. Palm Beach Post hosts Condo Crisis town hall Palm Beach County’s median single-family home price dipped 2.3% to $625,000 in March compared to the previous year. The market is shifting
The housing market saw a pronounced buyer-seller mismatch last month, and it’s proving difficult to draw prospective home buyers off of the sidelines, according to Zillow. That could spell good news on the housing-affordability front. Buyers holding back from buying a home due to cost concerns could eventually prompt price cuts, and just in time
Tour of 171 Marsh St., Belmont, former home of Gov. Mitt Romney Tour of 171 Marsh St., Belmont, former home of 2012 presidential candidate and Massachusetts’s 70th governor, Mitt Romney. Joanna K. Tzouvelis, wickedlocal.com The median price for a single-family home in Massachusetts rose to $575,000 in February, a 4.9% increase from the previous year.
iStock illustration Heading into the spring home-sales market, inventory in New England’s biggest metro areas had fallen even further behind last year. For those hoping for a spring market with more choice – potentially helping some prospective sellers feel comfortable pulling the trigger and listing – it’s not a good sign. “Affordability is still a
A real estate photographer has sued the creator of a wildly popular media site that posts about distinctive properties, saying the creator used two of her photographs without her permission. Veteran photographer Jennnifer Bouma, of Washington State, has filed a copyright infringement complaint against Zillow Gone Wild. She took the photos in 2021 and copyrighted