Existing home sales were still positive year over year last week, with our weekly pending home sales data holding steady even with elevated mortgage rates. While people are frustrated that lower oil prices haven’t brought rates down, they should be deeply grateful that improved mortgage spreads have helped housing growth in 2026. If this had […]
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The second and final day of the hearing regarding Zillow’s preliminary injunction motion in its ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass International Holdings featured testimony from two key witnesses for the defense, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin and MRED CEO Rebecca Jensen. During their times on the witness stand on Thursday,
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President Donald Trump said a bipartisan housing bill he has refused to sign was “fine,” seeming to suggest it could become law even as he has withheld his signature in a bid to secure a voter identification law he sees as a bigger priority. Processing Content “The housing bill is fine. There’s a lot of
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