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• How will mortgage rates react to US bombing of Iran? Jun. 22nd 2025
  Events in the Middle East tend to favor the bond market and the U.S. dollar, resulting in lower mortgage rates, but this year is different.

• New listings slowdown shows lack of home seller stress in 2025 Jun. 21st 2025
  during the years of the housing bubble crash, new listings were soaring between 250,000 and 400,000 per week for many years.

• FHFA Director Bill Pulte calls on Fed Chair Powell to resign Jun. 19th 2025
  FHFA Director Bill Pulte called for Fed Chair Jerome Powell to resign today, shortly after President Trump demanded Powell lower rates.

• Trump wants Powell to lower rates. Here’s how to do that Jun. 19th 2025
  Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami thinks there's a better way for Trump to try to convince the Fed Chair to cut rates before it’s too late.

• Home flipping activity slows nationwide as profits tighten Jun. 19th 2025
  The first quarter of 2025 had the smallest number of flips recorded in any quarter since 2018, according to ATTOM.

• ‘Feelings-based recession’: More Americans fearful of finances despite economic data Jun. 19th 2025
  The TransUnion survey found that 32% of consumers report being pessimistic about their household finances over the next 12 months.

• Homebuilders have no motivation to grow permits with 7% rates Jun. 18th 2025
  New home sales showed growth last month, but the homebuilders have no desire to grow housing permits or starts with 7% mortgage rates.

• Construction activity continues to slide as homebuilder mood sours Jun. 18th 2025
  New-home sales have been powering an otherwise dismal housing market, but macroeconomic headwinds are prompting homebuilders to pull back.

• The pandemic made housing less affordable, but not in the obvious places Jun. 17th 2025
  The housing affordability crisis often conjures images of coastal urban cities, but that’s not where costs are rising the most.

• Senate version of GOP tax bill makes key changes to housing, federal lands sections Jun. 17th 2025
  The Senate is taking a crack at the “Big Beautiful Bill” via reconciliation, making some key changes to housing and federal land provisions.