Home Sale Trends in the Metro (So Far) in 2025 - 33n
Pulling data from ATTOM, we examine metro housing activity thus far in 2025.| 33n
Although shortages are not quite as widespread as they were in 2021, obtaining lots remains a challenge for many builders, according to recent results from the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) survey. In special questions on the May 2025 HMI survey, 38% of single-family builders characterized the supply of lots as low, and another...| Eye On Housing
A city councilmember has a plan to turn Midtown’s explosive growth into a new funding stream. The post Could Atlanta tap Midtown’s explosive growth to fund affordable housing? appeared first on Atlanta Civic Circle.| Atlanta Civic Circle
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, industry leaders and officials from across Ohio announced their support for the Republican reconciliation law and the benefits it will have for workers, families, farmers, and small businesses across Ohio and its economy. Below are statements of support from various groups by category. FAMILIES: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS FUND: “Efforts to […]| Representative Mike Carey
Inventory is growing more in Las Vegas than anywhere else in the nation while home sales fall, with many local residents backing off amid economic uncertainty and a faltering tourism industry. The total number of homes for sale in Las Vegas rose 31% year over year in July, the biggest increase of any major U.S. […] The post Las Vegas Housing Supply Rises 31% As Demand Stumbles, Pushing Sale Prices Down Slightly appeared first on Redfin Real Estate News.| Redfin Real Estate News
There are an estimated 1.43 million homebuyers in the U.S. housing market—the lowest level in records dating back to 2013 aside from the start of the pandemic. That’s making sellers skittish; the number of sellers has dipped by roughly 14,000 since May, falling for the first time in two years. Still, there are 36% more […] The post Homebuyers Have Been Retreating. Now Sellers Are Too. appeared first on Redfin Real Estate News.| Redfin Real Estate News
The difference between mortgage rates and the 10-year treasury yield has narrowed, signaling a potential boost for homebuyers. A decrease in the mortgage spread can cause mortgage rates to fall, even without the Fed cutting interest rates. The gap between 10-year treasury yields and mortgage rates (known as the mortgage spread) has dropped to its […] The post The Mortgage Spread Has Dropped to a 3-Year Low. That’s Good News For Homebuyers and Refinancers. appeared first on Redfin Real E...| Redfin Real Estate News
Using Parcl Labs data, we dive into more housing trends, this time for current listings on the metro Atlanta housing market. The post Metro Market Monitor: Other Trends in the 2025 Housing Market appeared first on 33n.| 33n
Pulling data from ATTOM, we examine metro housing activity thus far in 2025.| 33n
Governor Tiff Macklem says the central bank will examine how its policies affect housing demand and affordability as part of its 2026 framework renewal.| Mortgage Rates & Mortgage Broker News in Canada
A go-big and go-bold homebuilding start-up strategy may sound counterintuitive in the throes of what looks to be a hard patch for housing. Wade Jurney and his to National Home Corp. co-founders, Michael Bergman, and Gregg Erickson, beg to differ.| The Builder's Daily
New legislation enables the city to seize and rehab unsafe apartments. The post Atlanta moves to seize blighted apartments from neglectful landlords appeared first on Atlanta Civic Circle.| Atlanta Civic Circle
An activist campaign is ramping up to pressure the property owner to make long-overdue repairs.| Atlanta Civic Circle
Last fall, Minneapolis found itself in a pickle over one of its affordable housing programs. The 4d Affordable Housing Incentive, which lowers property taxes on apartment buildings if owners designate a portion of units as affordable housing, had become exceptionally popular. However, because of Minneapolis’ relatively low housing prices, 4d was no longer very effective in its goal: increasing the availability of lower-cost housing in Minneapolis. The 4d program offers landlords a lower p...| Streets.mn
Read Housing advocates call for reducing barriers to affordable housing by Adrianne Murchison for SaportaReport here.| SaportaReport
Alan Ferguson left Atlanta Housing to become DeKalb County’s chief housing officer.| Atlanta Civic Circle
Australia has up to 3.7 million noncitizens—in a population of just 27.4 million. Hospitals are stretched, housing is unaffordable, and life is more expensive. Why won’t the government reveal the real number? Transcript Not counting tourists, the number of people in Australia today who are not Australian citizens could be as high as 3.7 million. In a country with an estimated population of just 27.4 million people, this huge influx is stretching our hospitals, making housing unaffordable ...| Malcolm Roberts
A million foreign students and their families are in Australia—overcrowding schools, straining housing, and bleeding tens of billions of $$ out of the country. Courses are being used as backdoor permanent residency pathways, with poor standards and little oversight. One Nation will: ✅ Deport visa cheats ✅ End family visas for students ✅ Introduce 8-year wait times for benefits ✅ Free up homes for young Aussies It’s time to fix the rort and put Australians first. Watch or continue ...| Malcolm Roberts
Moderate Gains and Major Revisions Paint a Mixed Picture EBRC Research Staff Current data releases as of 1 August 2025 The U.S. unemployment rate changed little in July at 4.2% […]| Arizona's Economy
CHBA's 2025 Q2 Housing Market Index (HMI) saw little change since last quarter, with builders remaining decidedly pessimistic about sales conditions. CHBA’s single-family HMI is 24.9 (out of 100), and the multi-family HMI is 22.8 – both at near record lows, and firmly in negative builder sentiment territory for the twelfth straight quarter. The post Canada’s new home construction challenges ongoing amid economic uncertainty appeared first on Canadian Home Builders' Association.| Canadian Home Builders' Association
CHBA applauds the government's move to table legislative proposals to amend the Excise Tax Act to make good on its promise to introduce a new GST rebate for first-time home buyers (named the “FTHB GST Rebate”), which will remove the GST on new homes at or under $1 million and lower it on homes between $1 million and $1.5 million for all first-time home buyers, effective May 27, 2025. The post CHBA applauds federal action to adjust GST rebate on new construction homes for first-time buyers...| Canadian Home Builders' Association
Today, the federal government missed its opportunity to use the Speech from the Throne to make good on its election promise to immediately implement the removal of the GST on new homes at or under $1 million and lower it on homes between $1 million and $1.5 million. The lack of actual implementation of this measure is keeping would-be home buyers on the sidelines, which is negatively impacting the construction of new homes. The post Government misses important opportunity to enact critical ho...| Canadian Home Builders' Association
CHBA's 2025 Q1 Housing Market Index (HMI) is in its eleventh quarter of negative sentiment since dropping from the post-pandemic highs in 2021 and early 2022. While industry sentiment has been low for eleven quarters, builders have typically remained optimistic that future sales would be an improvement over their current sales conditions (though still in negative territory). However, that optimism has dissolved. The post Dim outlook for new home construction in Ontario and BC as sentiment in ...| Canadian Home Builders' Association
Today’s announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney that the Government of Canada will eliminate the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for first-time homebuyers on homes at or under $1 million is a welcome move to help make housing more affordable for those looking to buy their first home. It will also help spur the creation of more housing supply, which is much needed. CHBA has also argued that while an important permanent move, GST relief is especially significant now as it will help to counter...| Canadian Home Builders' Association
Today on Parliament Hill during a press conference to release the third CHBA Municipal Benchmarking Study, Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) CEO Kevin Lee took the opportunity to speak about how the U.S. tariffs and Canada’s countervailing tariffs would likely impact Canada’s residential construction industry. The post Tariffs negative impact on overall economy will likely slow down housing starts appeared first on Canadian Home Builders' Association.| Canadian Home Builders' Association
The Canadian Homebuilders’ Association (CHBA) has released its 2024 Municipal Benchmarking Study that examines how local development processes, approvals, and charges impact housing affordability and housing supply in major housing markets across the country. The post CHBA’s Municipal Benchmarking Study Shows Housing Affordability Has Worsened Due to Municipal Development Charges and Delays appeared first on Canadian Home Builders' Association.| Canadian Home Builders' Association
Important as it is, the housing imperative is the least of our problems. Growth comes with costs that Earth can no longer bear.| VTDigger
“There are many clear violations of the right to due process, and the legal community is prepared to challenge many parts of this order.”| Atlanta Civic Circle
Affordability challenges persist despite lower mortgage rates; wealthier buyers dominate sales while entry-level demand struggles amid rising home prices, monthly payment, and downpayment challenges.| The Builder's Daily
“It’s a prelude to dystopia,” said local housing advocate Tim Franzen.| Atlanta Civic Circle
The daily average mortgage rate dipped to 6.67% to start July, down from roughly 7.1% five weeks earlier. On-the-fence house hunters should consider jumping in while they have more purchasing power.| Redfin Real Estate News
Jason M. Barr October 29, 2024 Let’s travel back a century—to New York during the Roaring Twenties. On our journey, we will see a very different Gotham–not just flappers, speakeasys, and the new jazz–but more importantly massive housing construction. Arguably, 1921 to 1929 was the greatest housing boom in New York’s history. Units of all […] The post The Housing Twenties: New York’s Biggest Building Boom and Its Lessons for Today first appeared on B...| Building the Skyline
Amid Middle East and continuing economic uncertainty and mortgage rates edging higher, mortgage applications still saw an increase this week,| RISMedia
Home prices, while at a record high for this time of year, are growing at the slowest clip since 2023 because sellers outnumber buyers.| Redfin Real Estate News
What forces have impacted metro Atlantans' ability to purchase a home over the past few years? The post The Headwinds of Homeownership appeared first on 33n.| 33n
Economists say that while pockets of economic uncertainty persist, consumer confidence has rebounded from its spring dip; steady mortgage rates| RISMedia
51% of surveyed homeowners and renters think less immigration could make homes more expensive, while 39% think the opposite.| Redfin Real Estate News
More than $330 billion worth of listings have been sitting on the market for 60 days or longer. Rising inventory and slow homebuying demand is pushing up the total dollar amount of home listings, and will push down home-sale prices by the end of the year.| Redfin Real Estate News
A grim prognosis The Government of Canada’s strategic foresight organization, Policy Horizons Canada, recently issued a report that anticipates a Canada in dire straits in 15 years. The report, with the title “Future Lives: Examining Social Mobility,” describes a scenario where Canadians can’t get ahead no matter how hard they work. Most Canadians will be [...]| Population Institute Canada
Mortgage rates are forecasted to stay elevated near 7%.| Redfin Real Estate News
The jump in housing supply put downward pressure on prices, which grew at the slowest pace in nearly two years last month.| Redfin Real Estate News
Jason M. Barr March 6, 2025 Note: This post is the second of two on the drivers of Gotham’s historically low vacancy rates. You can read Part I here. New York’s rental housing vacancy rate is 1.4%—the lowest since 1969. The lack of available housing means that Gotham remains in a “housing emergency”—defined, by […] The post Why Has Gotham Been in a “Housing Emergency” for 80 Years? (Part II) first appeared on Building the Skyline. The post Why Ha...| Building the Skyline
Mystery migrants In the spring of 2024, a friend called to tell me about a meeting he had with his City of Ottawa councillor. She had told him that, at the time, three community centres in her ward that| Population Institute Canada
Home prices in the United States are poised to increase if tariffs on Canada and Mexico are actually implemented, builders argue.| CandysDirt.com
Jason M. Barr January 22, 2025 If you google the definition of “emergency,” the search engine provides a response from the Oxford Languages Dictionary: “a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.” Merriam-Webster comes in with similar wording: “an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action.” […] The post Why Has Gotham Been in a “Housing Emergency” for 80 Year...| Building the Skyline
The new year could prove to be more exciting than many of us might wish. The spirit of “Peace on Earth and good will toward men” is in short supply in extensive regions of the world. Even in the| Population Institute Canada
Jason M. Barr August 5, 2024 A few weeks ago, I was walking in Central Park on the Upper West Side. As I strolled past some benches near the Diana Ross Playground, I saw a young man, likely in his late twenties, with his face buried in a huge, white-covered book. When I got closer, […] The post The Power Author: Robert Caro, Robert Moses, and the “Fall” of New York first appeared on Building the Skyline. The post The Power Author: Robert Caro, Robert Moses, and the “...| Building the Skyline
As the cost of living rises, Post 3 At-Large hopefuls offer contrasting visions for the city's built future.| Atlanta Civic Circle
The Ramada Plaza Hotel site’s transformation promises much-needed affordable rental housing in a southside community that’s undergone astonishing growth.| Atlanta Civic Circle
Jason M. Barr August 5, 2024 A few weeks ago, I was walking in Central Park on the Upper West Side. As I strolled past some benches near the Diana Ross Playground, I saw a young man, likely in his late twenties, with his face buried in a huge, white-covered book. When I got closer,| Building the Skyline - The Birth & Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers
Homebuyers on a $3,000 monthly budget have gained over $20,000 in purchasing power since mortgage rates peaked in the spring.| Redfin Real Estate News
Canadians are frequently told that continuous growth is just what their country needs. But when surveyed, they have never expressed a craving for it. They want safe communities, access to nature, equality and the rule of law. They place| Population Institute Canada
That's down from 21% in 2022 and over 40% before the pandemic homebuying boom. Fortunately, housing affordability is expected to improve in 2024.| Redfin Real Estate News
