Housing demand positive, but at risk from higher mortgage rates
Our weekly pending contract data is still positive year over year, but only by 1%, as demand growth has slowed amid higher mortgage rates. What does this mean for the spring housing market? Let’s take a look at the data. Weekly pending salesThe latest weekly pending contract data from Altos Research
Read MoreReal estate investors face a daunting winter storm

It’s mostly doom and gloom for real estate investors heading into 2025, according to a quarterly survey released this week by RCN Capital and CJ Patrick Co. Their Winter 2024 Investor Sentiment Survey showed that only 35% percent of investors consider the market to be “better” or “much better” than
Read MoreAs LA fires burn, reverse mortgage industry emphasizes need for servicer, insurer contacts

Latest update: Jan. 11 at 8:30 am central time. With hundreds of thousands of people currently under evacuation orders or warnings in the Los Angeles area due to multiple wildfires, an estimated 11 deaths and thousands of structures burned, the reverse mortgage industry at multiple levels is mobiliz
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Redfin has started 2025 with a round of layoffs. The Seattle-based brokerage company laid off 46 employees on Thursday.In a statement emailed to HousingWire, a Redfin spokesperson noted that most of the impacted employees were managers in the company’s headquarters, program and field leadership role
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