- Borrowing costs on 30-year and 15-year mortgages declined this week to 7.09% and 6.38% respectively after five weeks of increases.
- With the start of hurricane season just weeks away, homeowners should prepare their homes, including inspecting their roofs.
- Among the major U.S. regions, the South registered the largest share of single-family existing-home sales (46%) in the first quarter.
- Christine Hansen, who served as Florida Realtors president in 2018, was elected 2025 first vice president of the National Association of Realtors.
- The number of Realtors remains several percentage points ahead of the association’s forecast, indicating members continue to recognize NAR’s value.
- Even larger rooms can feel small if they’re full of clutter. Consider ways to make rooms feel larger, including using the right color choice.
- A lawsuit says a state law restricting property ownership by people from China and six other countries is “based on stereotyped and xenophobic generalizations.”
- Florida rent growth is below the national average with many slowly returning to their historic pricing trends, a real estate economist said.
- Bid farewell to all-white everything and futons. Interior designers say some trends are better left at the curb.
- NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun, at the 2024 Realtors® Legislative Meetings, said home sales will rise in eight of the next 10 years.
- The governor signed a package that includes sales tax holidays and a one-year exemption on residential property and flood insurance premium taxes.
- Consumer credit reporting company Experian found nearly half of all consumers with exceptional credit are baby boomers.
- NAR and other housing groups say it’s a critical step in addressing some of the national real estate market’s biggest challenges.
- Economists say mortgage rates will remain elevated through May on stubbornly high inflation. Late-year rate cuts to the mid-6% range remain possible.