Housing Market
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July 28, 2026
Mortgages for second homes rose 4% year over year in 2025, the first annual increase in four years. That’s compared with a 1% increase for primary homes. Still, second-home mortgages account for just 3% of all home loans. Second-home purchases are rising because affluent buyers are fairly active in today’s housing market; additionally, demand dropped […]
Nashville Sellers ‘Need to Pack Their Patience’ For a Housing Market That Now Strongly Favors Buyers
July 27, 2026
Nashville is the nation’s second-strongest buyer’s market with 129% more home sellers than buyers in June. In other words, Nashville has more than two home sellers for every buyer actively in the market. Years of steady homebuilding, fast home-price appreciation and higher mortgage rates have shifted Nashville’s housing market to favor buyers since the pandemic […]
July 23, 2026
San Francisco’s median home-sale price dropped to a low of $625,000 in the aftermath of the Great Recession; since then, it has risen over $1 million to more than $1.7 million. The tech industry and recent AI boom have helped propel home prices, enriching homeowners while making America’s most expensive housing market even less affordable […]
July 23, 2026
New listings inched up week over week, but they’re near their lowest level since the start of 2026. Still, there are many more sellers than buyers in the market, giving buyers negotiating power. U.S. pending home sales fell 1.3% week over week to their lowest level in three months during the four weeks ending July […]
July 22, 2026
53% of U.S. residents oppose building a data center in their area, while 34% support it, per a recent Redfin survey. U.S. residents are more likely to oppose data centers in their neighborhood than any other type of building; for instance, 39% oppose a new apartment complex nearby. AI data centers are controversial because they […]
