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• US housing market value hits record $55T, but growth is slowing Sep. 08th 2025
  New York posted the biggest gain — equal to about one-quarter of the nation’s increase — while values in Florida and California fell.

• Los Angeles ‘mansion tax’ fuels record affordable housing funding Sep. 08th 2025
  Most of the money — $316 million — comes from Measure ULA, a transfer tax on property sales above $5 million that voters approved in 2022.

• Texas bans certain foreign buyers from owning land, targets China Sep. 08th 2025
  Senate Bill 17 prohibits individuals and entities from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and other countries from buying land.

• 10 levers the Trump Admin may pull to attack housing affordability Sep. 08th 2025
  President Trump is declaring a national housing emergency. Here are the 10 levers that will make housing great again.

• Can mortgage rates get below 6% with this Federal Reserve? Sep. 06th 2025
  Mortgage rates dropped to 6.29% last week after the jobs report, but economic factors can only do so much without help from the Fed.

• HUD Innovative Housing Showcase begins Saturday Sep. 05th 2025
  Exhibits include entire model homes — ranging from manufactured and modular to 3D-printed — developed by companies from across the U.S.

• Modular construction advancements could help address the housing shortage Sep. 05th 2025
  McKinsey & Co. data found that modular methods can reduce labor needs by up to 40% and cut costs when executed at scale.

• Maryland housing affordability crisis targeted in executive order Sep. 05th 2025
  The order directs state agencies to speed up construction, make better use of state-owned land and cut down on permitting delays.

• Shocking jobs report sends mortgage rates falling to new yearly lows Sep. 05th 2025
  Today's jobs report miss has sent mortgage rates falling because the Federal Reserve was wrong about the labor market.

• Job growth continues to slow, signaling a cooling economy Sep. 05th 2025
  Economists feel August’s jobs numbers are the signal the Federal Reserve needs to cut interest rates at its September meeting.