Economic Coverage - Realtor.com Economic Research

Homeownership Rate Falls Sharply in Q1

Hannah Jones — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:34:46 +0000

In the first quarter of 2025, the homeownership rate fell to 65.1%, homeowner vacancy leveled off…

Danielle Hale — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 20:35:27 +0000

To keep up with the rapid changes in the economy and housing market, the Realtor.com economics…

Hannah Jones — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:55:55 +0000

The Spring 2025 WSJ/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index surfaces emerging housing markets--areas that are expected to…

Hannah Jones — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:11:38 +0000

The Freddie Mac rate on a 30-year mortgage remained elevated this week, easing just 2 basis…

Danielle Hale — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:34:12 +0000

Existing-home sales dropped 5.9% in March to 4.02 million, and fell 2.4% behind their year-ago pace…

Jiayi Xu — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:30:26 +0000

Our research team releases weekly housing trends reports looking at inventory metrics like the number of…

Joel Berner — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:00:24 +0000

States have a clear mandate to address housing affordability, so we are assigning grades based on…

Joel Berner — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:54:23 +0000

New home sales jumped in March despite still-high mortgage rates and the beginning of a decline…

Joel Berner — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:35:36 +0000

To keep up with the rapid changes in the economy and housing market, the Realtor.com economics…

Jiayi Xu — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:07:34 +0000

The Freddie Mac 30-year mortgage rate increased 21 basis points to 6.83% this week, following the…