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• Construction activity continues to slide as homebuilder mood sours Jun. 18th 2025
  New-home sales have been powering an otherwise dismal housing market, but macroeconomic headwinds are prompting homebuilders to pull back.

• The pandemic made housing less affordable, but not in the obvious places Jun. 17th 2025
  The housing affordability crisis often conjures images of coastal urban cities, but that’s not where costs are rising the most.

• Senate version of GOP tax bill makes key changes to housing, federal lands sections Jun. 17th 2025
  The Senate is taking a crack at the “Big Beautiful Bill” via reconciliation, making some key changes to housing and federal land provisions.

• Homebuilder confidence in the South plummets to 13-year low Jun. 17th 2025
  Homebuilder confidence in the South dropped to 30 in June, the lowest it’s been since June 2012 when it was 27.

• How to think about home prices for the rest of 2025 Jun. 16th 2025
  Home sales have continued to disappoint through the peak buying season and are only now just showing some growth over last year.

• What housing inventory trends mean to homebuyers and sellers Jun. 16th 2025
  Understanding how housing inventory impacts home prices is vital to helping buyers and sellers make informed decisions.

• Elevated mortgage rates aren’t discouraging homebuyers Jun. 14th 2025
  Housing demand continues to hold up despite elevated mortgage rates, trade war uncertainty and terrible consumer confidence data.

• Seattle housing market wrestles with crippling affordability concerns Jun. 13th 2025
  Seattle is wrestling with a problem that is more acute than all but a handful of metropolitan areas — crippling affordability issues.

• Comfortable city living usually requires a six-figure salary Jun. 13th 2025
  Nine of the top 10 cities where homeowners need the highest incomes are located on the West Coast or in the Pacific region.

• Americans are divided over housing impacts of immigration, tariffs Jun. 13th 2025
  Opinions fell mainly along party lines, with Republicans having a rosier view of tariffs and new immigration policies than Democrats.