Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Is housing inventory about to turn negative year over year?

Is housing inventory about to go negative? Since mid-June 2025 I’ve been writing that housing market dynamics have shifted, which we could already see in our HousingWire data while it might take other sources six to nine months to show that. This shift should create some negative year-over-year inventory in 2026 and if the Iran […]

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As retirement slips further away, workers prioritize stability and senior home equity

America’s workers are clinging to their jobs at a decade-low quit rate of 2%, driven by fear rather than fulfillment, new data shows. The research from Economist Enterprise surveyed 2,063 full-time employed Americans ages 18 to 62 across industries, including energy, manufacturing, media, financial services and government. It found that 62% of workers now prioritize

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Texas builder breaks ground on first community with Japanese firm

Amid the growing presence of Japanese capital in American homebuilding, Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp. (HHP), a leading Japanese developer, recently expanded its operations in the United States via a joint venture with Dallas-based Bridge Tower Homes. The two parties announced a joint venture in January, and earlier this month, they broke ground on the

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