Pending Home Sales Show Modest Improvement, but Market Remains Subdued The National Association of REALTORS® reported today that pending home sales increased by 2.0% in February 20251. However, this modest gain comes with some caveats: Year-over-year decline: Despite the monthly increase, pending transactions are down 3.6% compared to February 2024. ...
Continue ReadingSummary 0f The Clear Cooperation Policy Announcement March 25, 2025 The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has announced that it will retain the Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) without changes. However, NAR is introducing a new policy called “Multiple Listing Options for Sellers,” which includes “delayed marketing exempt listings.” This allows ...
Continue ReadingThere’s Only Half the Inventory of a Normal Housing Market Today Wondering if it still makes sense to sell your house right now? The short answer is, yes. Especially if you consider how few homes there are for sale today. You may have heard inventory is low right now, but you may not fully ...
Continue ReadingWhy Aren’t Home Prices Crashing? There have been a lot of shifts in the housing market recently. Mortgage rates rose dramatically last year, impacting many people’s ability to buy a home. And after several years of rapid price appreciation, home prices finally peaked last summer. These changes led to a ...
Continue ReadingMichael Mahoney RealtorMikeMahoney.com 617.615.9435 Although the mortgage rates today are certainly higher than they have been, they are still historically lower than they have been over the last few decades. If you are a seller, I would still not worry rates impacting the pool of buyers out there. There ...
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (December 22, 2021) – Existing-home sales rose in November, denoting three consecutive months of increases, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Three of the four major U.S. regions reported growth in monthly sales, while the fourth region held steady in November. From a year-over-year perspective, only one region ...
Continue ReadingThe National Association of Realtors reported 5.99 million home sales for July, which was an excellent beat of estimates and a dagger into the hearts of the 2021 housing crash crew. Mother demographics and low mortgage rates, two things that have been transparent to human beings for a long time, are powerful economic ...
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