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The share of new single-family homes with two or more stories declined from 52.5% in 2024 to 51.4% in 2025 according to Census Bureau data, while single-story homes rose from 47.5% to 48.6%. Regional variations showed the Midwest and South favoring single-story construction while the Northeast and West maintained higher shares of multi-story homes, with three-or-more-story homes comprising 5.2% of new homes nationally in 2025.
San José Mineta International Airport lost more than 1.1 million passengers in 2025 as carriers consolidated Bay Area operations at San Francisco International, opening a widening gap between actual demand and the growth curve embedded in the city’s newly amended Airport Master Plan. San José Mineta International…

Reemerging inflation and stubbornly high interest rates — paired with shifting consumer preferences — are driving a surge in corporate bankruptcy filings, resulting in widespread real estate portfolio cullings and restructurings.

CRE has spent years focusing on Federal Reserve rate cuts as the key to unlocking the market. But recent research from Newmark argues that the framing gets causality backward — Fed decisions to lower rates typically coincide with deteriorating labor...

The most significant federal housing legislation in decades became law at midnight without President Donald Trump's support. Trump canceled plans to sign the 21st Century Road to Housing Act on June 24 after it passed with support from broad, bipartisan...

Prices rose 2.2% year over year in June to a record high, mainly because of growing demand. Existing U.S. home sales ticked up to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.4 million, the highest level since 2022, and pending home sales reached their second-highest level since 2023. Wealthy Bay Area and South Florida…

Rocket has hired Jim Dalrymple as principal of industry relations, a role focused on building relationships with MLSs, trade associations, brokerage leaders and technology partners across the housing industry. As a homeownership platform connecting search, financing and servicing, Rocket and Redfin are investing in…
Last week, the June Federal Open Market Committee minutes explained the hawkish hold, with inflation still the committee's dominant concern, while the consumer credit report showed card balances fell in May after two months of heavy borrowing. Here are three things to watch for this week.

McKinsey’s Alex Wolkomir discusses how housing leaders can win with AI by improving customer experiences, redesigning workflows, and building trust between parties in the ecosystem.

The US data centre construction boom is reshaping the industry, driving record investment while creating regional capacity constraints, rising construction costs, and growing labour shortages. As spending surpasses traditional office construction, developers and contractors face increasing challenges in securing…
The US government sold $743 billion in Treasury securities during one week in July 2026, comprising $612 billion in bills and $131 billion in notes and bonds, with the 30-year bond yield reaching 5.058%, the highest since 2007. The article attributes rising long-term yields to inflation running above 4%, expectations of future Federal Reserve rate hikes despite recent cuts, and market concerns about the volume of new Treasury supply that must find buyers at potentially higher yields.

According to NAHB analysis of the 2025 Survey of Construction, new single-family housing starts nationwide totaled 939,182 units, representing a 6.9% decline compared to 2024, with the South Atlantic division leading at 308,189 starts followed by West South Central at 171,247 starts. Only three of nine Census divisions posted year-over-year growth—East South Central rising 13.7%, East North Central up 8.0%, and Middle Atlantic up 4.0%—while the remaining six divisions declined, with New England experiencing the steepest drop at 26.3%.
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The Fed has released the minutes of its June 2026 Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the detailed record of the committee’s discussion that arrives three weeks after each decision. Chair Warsh has moved away from forward guidance, so markets get fewer signals about the Fed’s thinking in real time, and that…

A new Redfin analysis takes a look at how much Bay Area real estate OpenAI and Anthropic employees could hypothetically purchase with their IPO earnings, in the wake of two massively valuable AI companies filing confidentially to go public. OpenAI employees could buy 20% of all homes in San Francisco, or 15% of all…
Supply of existing single-family homes reached a 10-year high of 4.6 months in June 2026, while condo supply hit a 14-year high of 6.4 months, as sales of single-family homes fell 2.4% month-over-month to an annual rate of 3.73 million and condo sales fell 2.7% to a record low annual rate of 360,000. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.49%, and the national median single-family home price inched up 1.8% year-over-year to $446,400, with dramatic regional divergences including prices down 26% in Austin and up 5.1% in New York City.

Existing home sales fell 2.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million units in June 2026, pulled back by record-high home prices and elevated mortgage rates around 6.5%, though year-over-year sales were up 2.8%. The median existing home price reached an all-time high of $440,600 (up 1.8% annually), inventory stood at 4.6 months' supply, and first-time buyer share was 33% of transactions.
AFIRE Summit #19 mid-year pulse featuring global investor perspectives on economic conditions, energy, and housing market dynamics.
AFIRE Summit discussion examining Canadian real estate investment opportunities for international capital amid economic conditions.

In the second quarter of 2026, the NAHB Remodeling Market Index posted a reading of 61, down one point from the previous quarter, with the Current Conditions Index averaging 70 and the Future Indicators Index averaging 52. Remodelers reported strong sentiment supported by homeowners' record real estate asset gains and mortgage rate incentives to remodel rather than purchase, though 74% of remodelers noted suppliers increased material prices by an average of 6.7% since March due to higher fuel costs and economic uncertainty.

Pending home sales ticked up as housing payments temporarily dipped down. U.S. pending home sales rose 1.3% from a week earlier to their highest level since the first half of May during the four weeks ending July 5. This data is seasonally adjusted. Homebuying demand picked up partly because of temporarily…
AI investment demand is driving persistent inflationary pressures on technology products and electricity prices in the near term, according to Federal Reserve meeting minutes from June 16-17 that mentioned "AI" 21 times, while the Fed noted that expected productivity gains from AI adoption would likely take considerable time to materialize and put downward pressure on inflation only in the future. Core PCE inflation has remained above the Fed's 2% target since March 2020, with the six-month core PCE accelerating to 4.1% annualized by May 2026, driven partly by strong AI-related capital spending and demand.

Economic commentary on recession duration and complexity trends in the U.S. economy.
The European Central Bank shed €149 billion of quantitative easing assets in the second quarter of 2026 and has reduced total QE assets by €3.7 trillion (52 percent) since mid-2022, bringing them down to €3.47 trillion, while simultaneously hiking policy rates to 2.25 percent and raising its inflation projection for end-2026 to 3 percent. The ECB also marked down its gold holdings by €160 billion in Q2 after a decline in gold prices expressed in euros, though the document notes that no adverse economic effects have resulted from the substantial balance sheet reduction.

Mortgage applications remained essentially flat in June 2026 with a 0.3% month-over-month decline, driven by a 2.5% drop in refinancing applications that offset a 0.7% gain in purchase applications, while the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average contract rate increased 5 basis points to 6.59%. Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) applications declined 9.4% during the month, reducing the ARM share of total applications to 8.2%, and the overall average loan size decreased 3.4% to $393,800.

RCLCO's Compensation Consulting practice surveyed board composition approaches among privately held real estate firms to understand competitive positioning through board structure and compensation.

The number of major metros where you can buy a luxury home for less than $1 million is down five from eight last year. Detroit is the most affordable metro for luxury homes, with a median price of $719,252—47.7% less than the typical luxury home nationwide, $1,374,470. San Francisco is the most expensive, with a…

In 2025, approximately 47,000 homes were built in age-restricted communities representing 3.45% of all housing starts, with roughly two-thirds being single-family units and one-third multifamily units. Age-restricted single-family homes carried a median sales price of $523,000—about 27% higher than non-age-restricted homes at $412,000—despite being only slightly larger at 2,500 square feet versus 2,100 square feet, with the price premium partly attributable to more expensive lot values.

ULI Europe and PwC examine how trade policy shifts, deglobalisation, and AI transformation are reshaping European real estate investment strategies heading into 2026.
Analysis of pending home sales trends spanning the low-rate environment of 2020–2021 through the subsequent rate-driven decline and recovery period.
Analysis of seasonal sales patterns, inventory levels, and buyer behavior during July, examining the impact of weather, daylight, and school-year timing on residential real estate activity.

Brandi Snowden, NAR director of member and consumer survey research, presents key insights from the 2026 Member Profile report analyzing realtor demographics and market participation.
Consumer inflation expectations have become unanchored from the Federal Reserve's 2% target, with one-year inflation expectations rising to 3.67% in July 2026—the highest since September 2023—and three-year expectations reaching 3.34%, the highest in four years, according to the New York Fed's Survey of Consumer Expectations released in the article. Core PCE inflation has accelerated to 4.1% annualized on a six-month basis as of May 2026, while the article notes that unanchored inflation expectations could become a self-reinforcing psychological phenomenon if consumers and businesses adjust wage and pricing behavior accordingly.

West Palm Beach, FL, where the typical luxury home costs 8.9 times more than the typical non luxury home, has the nation’s biggest luxury home price premium. Next comes Miami, with a median luxury-to-non luxury home price ratio of 8.8, and New York City, where the typical luxury home costs 5.5 times the typical non…

Residential construction employment declined by 48,800 jobs over the preceding 12 months, marking the fifteenth consecutive annual decline and the longest stretch since the Great Recession, while location quotient analysis of December 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveals that home building employment concentration is substantially higher in rural and smaller-market counties than in large metropolitan cores, with non-metro/micro counties averaging a location quotient of 1.48 and nearly three-quarters of Western state counties exceeding the national employment share.

Morningstar DBRS releases quarterly housing market indicators tracking Canadian residential market conditions and trends.

Morningstar DBRS presents forward-looking credit forecasts spanning multiple sectors and geographic regions for 2026.

Australia’s industry growth has softened, but resilient business investment, data centre development, and a mining rebound are helping support activity through 2026.

The article examines existing home price changes across 19 of Europe's largest countries through Q1 2026 based on Eurostat transaction-based data, showing divergent regional trends with Portugal, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, and Spain leading in year-over-year gains of 13.5 to 19.7 percent, while Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Austria, and Finland remain below previous peaks. Finland experienced the steepest decline at 16.8 percent from its Q2 2022 peak and has returned to 2010 price levels, whereas Hungary posted the largest cumulative gain since 2010 at 308 percent, followed by Portugal at 186 percent and Czechia at 171 percent.

U.S. new light vehicle sales rose 0.5% year-over-year in Q2 2026 to 4.22 million units, but remain down 2.8% for the first half of 2026 compared to a year ago, with the market characterized by decades of stagnation and steep plunges interrupted by sharp declines. General Motors and Ford suffered double-digit percentage drops in Q2 deliveries, while Hyundai-Kia and other non-traditional automakers gained share in what the author describes as a zero-sum market where major U.S. automakers have pursued upscale pricing strategies that have ceded volume to competitors, particularly Japanese and Korean manufacturers.
Thursday's June jobs report added far fewer positions than expected, and the unemployment rate fell only because the labor force shrank. The report pushed back market pricing for a hike this year, a shift that will test how much weight the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC's) hawkish June signals still carry.…

The top ten builders' market share of new U.S. single-family home closings declined to 43.6% in 2025 from 44.8% in 2024, representing 295,959 closings out of 679,083 total new single-family homes sold, according to BUILDER magazine data cited by the National Association of Home Builders. D.R. Horton remained the largest builder with 12.8% market share (87,168 closings), while Lennar increased its share to a series-high 12.2%, narrowing the gap to just 0.6 percentage points between the top two builders.

BNP Paribas Real Estate provides economic and real estate market briefing covering UK conditions and trends.
BNP Paribas Real Estate provides economic and real estate analysis briefing for the UK market.

Analysis of declining port cargo volumes in the Los Angeles and Inland Empire region amid weaker consumer spending conditions.
Moody's CRE Analytics report analyzing housing affordability trends and conditions in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Colliers reports on global investment market momentum with standing assets rising 15% year-on-year amid macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty.
The document reports that the six-month Treasury yield has risen to approximately 4%, with the government selling $84 billion of six-month Treasury bills at an investment rate of 3.97%, up from 3.80% two weeks prior, signaling that bond markets expect multiple Federal Reserve rate hikes within the next six months. The article argues that the bond market is clearly telling the Fed to proceed with rate increases, as evidenced by the 2-year Treasury yield surging 76 basis points since early February to 4.14%, and that banks are raising CD yields above 4% in response to incoming economic data.

Analysis of how geopolitical risks are reshaping real estate investor behavior and market sentiment across European property markets.

Analysis of how European commercial real estate has performed historically as an inflation hedge compared to other asset classes.

Cushman & Wakefield examines commercial real estate exposure to inflation dynamics across European markets, analyzing regional variations in inflationary causes and impacts.

Knight Frank commentary on UK political developments and their economic implications for the real estate market.

Analysis of how Middle East geopolitical tensions are affecting economic conditions and commercial real estate markets across the Asia-Pacific region.

Cushman & Wakefield research examining the economic and commercial real estate impacts of Middle East geopolitical developments on Asia Pacific markets.

Cushman & Wakefield research examining the economic and commercial real estate impacts of Middle East geopolitical tensions on European markets.

Research examining the interconnections between Middle East geopolitical tensions, energy market dynamics, inflationary pressures, and their effects on commercial real estate markets.

Cushman & Wakefield identifies six emerging real estate trends expected to shape the Asia Pacific market in 2026.
The Bank of Japan has reduced its total assets by ¥116.9 trillion (15.6%) since Q1 2024 through quantitative tightening, bringing holdings to ¥639.6 trillion ($3.97 trillion) as of Q2 2026, the lowest level since Q1 2020, while pursuing this policy rather than aggressive interest rate increases to stabilize the yen and address import-driven inflation. Japanese government bond holdings declined ¥12.5 trillion in Q2 to ¥518.3 trillion, loan balances fell ¥9.7 trillion to ¥68.0 trillion, and the BOJ has begun selling equity ETFs and J-REITs at acquisition cost while allowing long-term bond yields to rise substantially, with the 30-year JGB yield reaching 4.0% and the 10-year yield reaching 2.7% despite maintaining policy rates at only 1.0%.

Cushman & Wakefield analysis examining how geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are shaping economic conditions and real estate market dynamics across Europe.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.49% in June 2026, up 8 basis points from May and 44 basis points since late February, while the 15-year rate averaged 5.82%, driven by market pricing of potential Federal Reserve rate hikes due to persistent inflation and a resilient labor market. The 10-year Treasury yield averaged 4.48% in June but eased later in the month to around 4.44% following a preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement that temporarily reopened the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping.

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