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Top Real Estate News

Sent Saturday, May 23, 2026

If you rent, sell or invest in real estate we have hand picked articles form all major online news sources to help you stay up to date with real estate news

Monthly Payments Tick Up For First Time in 6 Months As Mortgage Rates, Home Prices Jump

Redfin News

The Iran war is a major factor pushing up mortgage rates. Some would-be buyers are backing off amid high costs and uncertainty stemming from the war. The median U.

Mortgage Rates Jump to Six-Month High as Inflation Fears, Iran War Rattle Markets

Redfin News

Today’s rate increase is due almost entirely to inflation jitters. The daily average mortgage rate jumped to a six-month high of 6. 41% on March 13, after they had dipped below 6% for the first time since 2022 in February.

Mortgage Rates Could Nudge Slightly Higher As Fed Holds Rates Steady, Flags Inflation Risk

Redfin News

The Fed left interest rates unchanged at its March 18 meeting, as expected, amid the backdrop of the Iran war, which is contributing to a shaky economic outlook. Takeaway: The meeting will nudge mortgage rates ever so slightly higher. But Fed Chair Jerome Powell expressed more concern over high inflation than slow economic growth.

Schedule for Week of January 11, 2026

Calculated Risk Blog

The key reports this week are December CPI, Existing Home Sales and November Retail Sales. Also, New Home Sales for September and October will be released. For manufacturing, the December Industrial Production report and the January New York and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys will be released.

Housing Starts Decreased to 1.246 million Annual Rate in October

Calculated Risk Blog

From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions Housing Starts: Privately-owned housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,246,000 . This is 4. 6 percent below the revised September estimate of 1,306,000 and is 7.

For Commercial Real Estate Investment, the Iran War Is Distant — So Far

Commercial Observer

The annual MIPIM conference, a benchmark global real estate expo held in Cannes overlooking the azure Mediterranean waters edging southern France, offered some telling signs around the state of commercial real estate investment in the wake of recent conflict and instability.

San Francisco Home Prices Jump Most in 8 Years Amid AI Boom

Redfin News

The median sale price in the Bay Area metro rose 14% year over year in March, compared with a 1% gain nationwide. That helped San Francisco reclaim its title as the most expensive major metro to buy a home. Nationally, the housing market remained sluggish as high costs and economic uncertainty gave buyers and sellers […] The post San Francisco Home Prices Jump Most in 8 Years Amid AI Boom appeared first on Redfin Real Estate News .

Fed, Mortgage Rates, Likely to Hold Steady on Latest Inflation Report

Redfin News

Takeaway: Headline inflation, which includes food and energy prices, spiked in March, but rates won’t move much today because core inflation, which ignores those volatile components, remained subdued. The closing of the Strait of Hormuz led to a 0. 9% monthly increase (3.

Fed Maintains Interest Rates as CRE Confronts New Uncertainty From Iran War

Commercial Observer

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for a second straight meeting Wednesday. The pause comes in the midst of the commercial real estate industry grappling with economic uncertainty as the war in Iran throws a monkey wrench into inflation trends. The Fed, in a 11-1 vote, kept its benchmark interest rate at between 3.

Mortgage rates move higher as inflation fears grow

HousingWire

Mortgage rates continued to rise this week, placing more strain on a 2026 spring housing market that was expected to be robust but is now fighting an uphill battle against a slowing economy.

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— Ava