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1 month ago | 
realtor.com | Joel Berner
List prices for newly built homes are down year over year, and the premium charged compared with existing homes is at the lowest point for fourth-quarter data since 2020 at the latest. New-construction inventory levels continue to improve, though existing-home inventory is growing faster and diluting its share of inventory.
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2 months ago | 
realtor.com | Joel Berner
The Freddie Mac rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage had another minor retreat this week, falling by 1 basis point, to 6.64%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury had been sliding, giving mortgage rates a bit of room to ease. This week’s mortgage rate readout will serve as an important benchmark for the rest of the year.
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2 months ago | 
realtor.com | Joel Berner
On Wednesday, President Trump announced a broad swath of tariffs in an attempt to raise revenue and balance the playing field for international trade. A base tariff of 10% on nearly any product imported from any country was accompanied by higher reciprocal tariffs at higher rates against nations that have been enacting trade policy unfavorable to U.S. manufacturing.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
realtor.com | Danielle Hale |Joel Berner
In the first month of 2025, the median asking rent across the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas picked up slightly to $1,703, from $1,695 in December 2024. But it remains down 0.2% from one year ago. This marks the 18th consecutive month in which rents have fallen year over year.
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
realtor.com | Danielle Hale |Hannah Jones |Jiayi Xu |Sabrina Speianu |Joel Berner
Realtor.com is moving to Texas! In conjunction with the announcement of our new headquarters in Austin, we took an extended look at the state of Texas real estate that we are so excited to share with you here.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
realtor.com | Joel Berner
Our research team releases weekly housing trends reports looking at inventory metrics like the number of active listings and the pace of the market. Here’s what the housing market looked like the past week.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
realtor.com | Hannah Jones |Danielle Hale |Joel Berner |Sabrina Speianu
The Eaton and Palisades fires which began January 7, 2025 have both been burning for more than two weeks. As firefighters make progress containing these massive blazes, we wanted to lay out the real-estate impacts that these fires have had and what we could see in the weeks ahead. New fires and ongoing windy conditions mean that the situation is evolving. Further, it will take people and communities time to adjust, and the decisions they make about how to adjust–stay and rebuild or take the disruption as an opportunity to move elsewhere--will shape the real estate market in Los Angeles and elsewhere.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
realtor.com | Danielle Hale |Jiayi Xu |Joel Berner
In December 2024, the median asking rent for all rental properties listed on Realtor.com in New York City was $3,382, an increase of 5.6% or $180 over December of 2023. Rents are showing strong growth in New York City while they’ve been falling year over year across the country for seventeen consecutive months.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
realtor.com | Danielle Hale |Jiayi Xu |Joel Berner
In December 2024, the US median asking rent continued to decline month-over-month for the seventeenth consecutive month. The national median rent was $1,695 in December, down $8 (0.5%) from November 2024 and $18 (1.1%) from December 2023 across the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the country.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
realtor.com | Danielle Hale |Joel Berner
In this 2025 update to our best markets for first-time homebuyers, we will highlight which markets surfaced to the top of our list and explore some of the factors that make them an appealing choice. Whether you’re looking for a starter home or a forever home, these markets are worth looking into in 2025.
