Will 2026 be a turning point for prospective first-time homebuyers? The National Association of Realtors (NAR) seems to think so. In a report published on Tuesday, the trade group says that it expects the housing affordability landscape to improve throughout the year. Driving this improvement, according to NAR, will be a steady rise in housing […]
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is moving to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, framing the proposal as a way to improve housing affordability. “I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and I will be calling on Congress to codify it. People live
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Data reflects single-family home market conditions as of the Jan. 3, 2026 weekly snapshot, based on HousingWire proprietary data. Housing markets are often evaluated by size: total sales, total dollar volume, total listings. Those metrics describe where activity is concentrated. They do not reliably indicate where competition is intensifying, where pricing power is shifting, or
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