Existing-home sales rose 1.5% month-over-month in September 2025, reaching a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.06 million, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). On a year-over-year basis, sales increased 4.1%, reflecting sustained demand across much of the country. Lawrence Yun The gains were concentrated in the Northeast, South, and West, while the Midwest…
Single-family rent prices across the U.S. edged up just 1.4% in August 2025 compared with a year earlier, marking the slowest annual growth in more than 15 years, according to Cotality’s latest Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI). This pace is less than half the 3% increase recorded in the same month a year ago. “Annual single-family…
Hong Kong’s office sector showed signs of recovery in the third quarter of 2025, led by heightened leasing activity from IPO-driven and wealth management tenants, according to JLL’s latest Preliminary Market Summary. Total net absorption jumped 137.5% quarter-on-quarter to 646,000 square feet, reversing a subdued first half. Vacancy rates edged lower to 13.4% in September…
A new report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that housing starts rose by 15.8% in December, reaching a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.50 million units — the highest level since February 2024. Driven by strong demand, single-family construction saw growth in December 2024, despite…
According to Redfin, approximately 14% of homes within the perimeters of the Palisades and Eaton fires in the Los Angeles area have been destroyed or damaged. This amounts to 6,354 homes, of which 5,449 (86%) were completely destroyed, and 905 (14%) sustained damage. On a broader scale, these fires affected 0.17% of all homes across…
Hotels and cruise ships across America are going to be very busy in late 2024 as AAA predicts that 119.3 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holiday period, spanning Saturday, December 21, 2024 to Wednesday, January 1, 2025. This projection slightly exceeds the previous record set in 2019…
Achieving success in the real estate industry today goes well beyond traditional marketing. Buyers often start online, browsing listings, reading neighborhood guides, and comparing properties from their phones or laptops. Agents and brokers should rethink how they present homes, manage data, and maintain client relationships to stay relevant. A well-planned digital strategy with reliable information,…
Around 40 percent of U.S. renters also believe homeownership is out of reach According to a recent survey by national property broker Redfin, almost 58% of U.S. homeowners feel they probably couldn’t afford to repurchase their current homes at today’s prices and mortgage rates. This insight comes from a survey carried out in February 2024…
According to the latest U.S. Rental Report from Realtor.com, residential rents in March 2024 continued to fall for the eighth month in a row, with a year-over-year decrease of 0.3% across various unit sizes. Despite this trend, the median rent stood at $1,722, just $36 below its peak in August 2022, yet $313 higher than…
Marking 8 consecutive months of growth says CoreLogic’s S&P Case-Shiller Index Like many economic metrics, the journey toward stabilizing the U.S. housing market is fraught with challenges. Although there has been a modest recovery in home sales and inventories from last year’s lows, elevated mortgage rates continue to hamper affordability, deterring many potential buyers. Despite…