HOA liens climb 8.6% in 2025 as Sun Belt pressure mounts

HOA liens climb 8.6% in 2025 as Sun Belt pressure mounts

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Regional markets back demand resilience as rate pressure builds

Regional markets back demand resilience as rate pressure builds

Regional market data is reinforcing the same story playing out nationally: Housing demand is holding up across major metros, even as mortgage rates move closer to levels that have historically pressured activity.... Read more »
Builders started 2026 with margin pressure, then came Iran war risk

Builders started 2026 with margin pressure, then came Iran war risk

Making less money but making steady headway may be a crude way to boil down what early 2026 was looking like for many homebuilding business leaders. Public homebuilder execs were not discussing... Read more »
Why antitrust talk may be a pressure tactic — not a probe —against homebuilders

Why antitrust talk may be a pressure tactic — not a probe —against homebuilders

A Friday-morning news report suggesting that the Trump administration is exploring an antitrust probe into U.S. homebuilders landed with its intended shock value. The implication? Washington, having rattled its saber, may be... Read more »
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady Despite Growing Pressure From Trump

Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady Despite Growing Pressure From Trump

It’s the start of a new year, and the Federal Reserve has made its first big move – or rather, no move. In their January 28, 2026 meeting, the Fed decided to... Read more »
CoStar faces renewed activist pressure over Homes.com strategy

CoStar faces renewed activist pressure over Homes.com strategy

Roughly a year after calling on CoStar Group to embark on a journey of “meaningful self-help,” the firm’s activist investors at Third Point Investors Ltd are back again pushing the Andy Florance-helmed... Read more »
Texas A&M Study Reveals Pressure on Renters

Texas A&M Study Reveals Pressure on Renters

New data from the Texas A&M Real Estate Center shows that pressure on renters is driven by 9 percent population growth in the state, more than double the national average. Key findings,... Read more »
Rates Go Down, Easing Pressure on Buyers

Rates Go Down, Easing Pressure on Buyers

The good news for anyone looking to buy a home or refinance their existing mortgage is that today’s mortgage rates, as of January 19, 2026, are showing a promising downward trend. According... Read more »

Under pressure, public homebuilders rebrand or mute DEI stance

Companies across all industries, including homebuilding, have walked back their DEI rhetoric or reduced their public disclosures of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs over the last year. The retreat stands as a... Read more »
Rising home insurance costs are adding pressure for buyers: Insurify

Rising home insurance costs are adding pressure for buyers: Insurify

The dream of homeownership is becoming increasingly elusive for many Americans as both home prices and insurance premiums are on the rise.  Over the past decade, home prices have nearly doubled, according... Read more »