EXCLUSIVE: Off-Market Sales Cost North Carolina Homeowners $406 Million in 2025
North Carolina homeowners across 16 counties who sold their homes privately—through for-sale-by-owner deals, whisper listings, or other off-market routes—collectively left an estimated $406 million on the table in 2025, new data shows. That works out to about $51,000 per transaction on average, or r
Mortgage Applications Today: Demand Drops Again as Experts Blame Decline on Historic Winter Storms
Mortgage applications decreased 8.9% for the week ending Jan. 30, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. This is the second week in a row the demand for home loans has declined. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 8.9% on a seasonally adjusted
Major Homebuilders ‘Weigh Plans’ for a Million Entry-Level ‘Trump Homes’
Several major homebuilders are weighing plans to band together to provide up to 1 million new entry-level houses for first-time buyers, branded as "Trump Homes," according to a new report. Lennar and Taylor Morrison are among the builders involved in the proposal, which would be funded by private in
Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Could Make New York City’s Housing Crisis Worse as Tenants Stay Put
New York City rents surged through the end of last year, but the deeper crisis is that tenants are not moving—and Mayor Zohran Mamdani's signature rent freeze policy threatens to choke the city's already scarce housing supply. The Big Apple’s rental market is essentially frozen in place, with local
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