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• Miami luxury home prices soar to $1.13 million, nearly triple national average Sep. 15th 2025
  Miami's luxury real estate market shows exceptional strength with average prices at $1.13M, triple the national average. New construction and future builds command even higher premiums.

• North Carolina housing market offers 20% price advantage over national average Sep. 15th 2025
  North Carolina's housing market presents a compelling value proposition with 62,710 active listings and typical homes priced around $519,908 compared to the national average of $647,307, the Tar Heel State presents a compelling alternative to pricier markets across the country. First-time homebuyers will find plenty to love in North Carolina, where more than one-third of all listings fall below the $300,000 mark.

• Amazon-backed affordable housing hits Seattle milestone Sep. 15th 2025
  Amazon’s fund originally pledged to support 20,000 units across Seattle, Nashville, and Arlington, Virginia, and it has surpassed that.

• Trump wants quarterly earnings reports to become a relic of the past Sep. 15th 2025
  President Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday morning that publicly traded companies should instead report on a six-month basis.

• Mortgage rates hit a new yearly low before the Fed meets Sep. 15th 2025
  Mortgage rates dropped to a new yearly low, reaching 6.25% Monday morning, following disappointing manufacturing data from the New York Fed.

• Have Fed rate cuts already been priced into mortgage rates? Sep. 13th 2025
  Last week, mortgage rates hit a new low for 2025, as the labor market proved more critical to the bond market than inflation. The big question is: what will happen after the Fed cuts rates this week? Last year at this time, mortgage rates hit a yearly low of nearly 6% and the Fed cut [....]

• The battle over rates: Trump vs. Fed Chair Jerome Powell Sep. 13th 2025
  Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami has been tracking the battle over rates between Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell since the election.

• Midwest housing markets defy national days on market trends Sep. 12th 2025
  Midwest housing markets are demonstrating remarkable resilience against the national trend of extended Days on Market.

• Home equity levels remain high even as price appreciation has cooled Sep. 12th 2025
  Cotality’s home equity report for the second quarter of 2025 shows the average U.S. homeowner with a mortgage has $307,000 in equity.

• MBA’s Bob Broeksmit sees risks in merging Fannie and Freddie Sep. 12th 2025
  Broeksmit warned that creating a government-conferred monopoly would "diminish innovation and degrade service to market participants."