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Why is Your Home Insurance Bill Soaring?
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The Resurgence of Multigenerational Living is Reshaping the U.S. Real Estate Market
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Should You Buy Now or Wait? A Decision Tree for 2025
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How Backyard Homes Are Transforming the Golden State
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Beyond the Coasts: Midwest Markets Gain Investor Attention
Housing Market
How Affordability Is Drawing the Housing Map in 2026
The U.S. housing market is becoming increasingly regional as 2026 approaches. While affordability and steady demand are supporting several Midwest and Northeast metros, many Sun ...
Housing Market Hotness Index Jan 04, 2026
The U.S. Housing Market Hotness Index slipped at the start of 2026, highlighting how affordability challenges continue to restrain buyer activity. While modest relief may ...
Why Mortgage Servicing Strategies Must Move Beyond Delinquency Reports
The mortgage industry is shifting from the "rate lock" era into a phase called the Default Drift. As equity buffers thin and insurance costs spike, ...
Economy
Why the Unemployment Rate Looks Stronger Than the Labor Market Feels
The U.S. unemployment rate remains at historically low levels even as job growth slows and labor market cracks widen. Retirements, discouraged workers, fewer working mothers, ...
Why Lower Mortgage Rates Aren’t Boosting Home Sales
Mortgage rates are down, but homebuyers aren’t rushing back. Prices are still high, inventory remains tight, and many Americans are cautious about the economy. We ...
Is a 50-Year Mortgage the Answer to Today’s Affordability Crisis?
As the housing affordability crisis deepens, a once-unthinkable idea has entered the mainstream conversation: the 50-year mortgage. With home prices ...
Local Markets
How Affordability Is Drawing the Housing Map in 2026
The U.S. housing market is becoming increasingly regional as 2026 approaches. While affordability and steady demand are supporting several Midwest and Northeast metros, many Sun ...
National Cool-Down? Not in Hartford, CT’s Housing Market
Hartford, CT’s housing market continues to buck the national cooling trend, fueled by strong buyer demand, limited inventory, and an influx of out-of-state buyers who ...
Why Upstate New York is a Real Estate Hotspot
Discover why Upstate New York, including Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, is a surprisingly hot real estate market driven by a strong economy, relative affordability, ...
Technology
How Virtual Property Inspections Are Transforming an Evolving Real Estate Industry
As the real estate industry continues to evolve and modernize, industry participants are seeing increased effort toward driving efficiency in ...
How AI is Transforming Property Valuation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning have a tremendous impact on today’s society. What seemed to come out of nowhere ...
Sustainable Real Estate: How Green Features Can Boost Property Value
Sustainability is no longer a trend—it’s a fundamental shift in the real estate market. Investors are increasingly prioritizing environmentally ...
Market Forecasts
Veros Q3 2025 Housing Market Forecast
Veros Real Estate Solutions’ Q3 2025 VeroFORECAST projects a 1.8% rise in U.S. home prices over the next year. Despite easing mortgage rates, affordability challenges ...
Housing Market 2025: What Lies Ahead?
Will 2025 be the year affordability finally improves? Will we finally see a significant drop in mortgage rates? Will prices ...
Q2 2025 VeroFORECAST signals further slowdown in the housing market
Veros's Q2 2025 VeroFORECAST℠ projects 2.2% nationwide home price appreciation, indicating a stalled U.S. housing market where high mortgage rates and affordability challenges persist. This ...
