Laurel Wamsley

1 week ago | mprnews.org | Laurel Wamsley

Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Economic uncertainty has produced a double whammy for the housing market: sluggish home sales and plodding construction. Last month was the slowest April for existing home sales in 16 years — a sharp rebuke to hopes that this spring the housing market would recover after two very sleepy years.

1 week ago | kdlg.org | Laurel Wamsley

Economic uncertainty has produced a double whammy for the housing market: sluggish home sales and plodding construction. Last month was the slowest April for existing home sales in 16 years — a sharp rebuke to hopes that this spring the housing market would recover after two very sleepy years. In a May survey of builder confidence conducted by Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders, home builder sentiment dropped to a level last seen in November 2023.

2 weeks ago | wrkf.org | Laurel Wamsley |Scott Simon

Fresh statistics on building permits and builder sentiment show a challenging environment for home builders and indicate fewer homes will be built in the U.S.

2 weeks ago | opb.org | Laurel Wamsley

Jim Xiao paid an agent a flat $10,000 fee to help him buy a home in Evans, Ga., last year. Here, Xiao and his children play soccer at their new home. For a long time, buying and selling a home in the U.S. generally went like this: The seller would pay a commission that would be split by the buyer’s and seller’s agents, often totaling 5% to 6% of the sales price. The predictability of that structure came at a cost: big fees to the agents on every transaction.

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Laurel Wamsley

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