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After a very disappointing first quarter of the year with home sales failing to climb over 2024’s already anemic levels, signs are finally emerging that we’ve turned the corner to have some...

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The housing market story of the last three years has been interest rates, of course. As mortgage rates rose, home buyer demand slowed. As demand slows, inventory grows. Home sales remain...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast Polly mortgage tech Adam Carmel

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Adam Carmel, CEO and founder of Polly, to talk about mortgage technology and the mortgage markets. About Adam Carmel

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The spring housing market is trying to find its footing. Pending home sales inched up for the week with some small gains, and new listings volume hit its biggest week since September. List...

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Over the last two months of economic uncertainty, the yield for the 10-year treasury has declined by 60 basis points from 4.8% to 4.2%. The 30-year fixed mortgage has followed suit,...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast coldwell banker jason waugh

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Jason Waugh, president of Coldwell Banker Affiliates, to talk about how the real estate brokerage business is...

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Home prices in 2025 are a couple percent above where they were last year at this time. People often ask, “how can it be possible that home prices are still climbing even though the cost of...

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Home price appreciation across the country is barely positive compared to last year at this time. Depending on how you measure it, home prices are about 2% higher on average across the...

Altos Research Mike Simonsen Top of Mind Podcast Julie Kheyfets Block Renovations

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Julie Kheyfets, CEO of Block Renovation, to talk about what’s happening with home renovations this year and beyond. ...

National Data

There are two trends that bubbled to the surface in this week’s housing market data. We talked last week about how the price reductions leading indicator has been growing more bearish for...