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May
19

May 19th, 2026 by

Fannie Mae's May housing forecast locks in a 6.3 percent average 30-year rate through the end of 2026 and most of 2027, as the Iran War keeps inflation elevated and Federal Reserve rate cuts off the table.

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Category: Markets & Economy, Mortgage, Select, 30-year fixed mortgage rate, 30-year fixed mortgage rates, Associated Press, Chen Zhao, CME Group, consumer price index, CPI Inflation, elevated mortgage rates, fannie mae, Fannie Mae commentary, Fannie Mae Housing Forecast, federal reserve, freddie mac, gse, GSEs, home inventory, home price appreciation, Housing Market Affordability, inflation, iran, Iran war impact, israel, mortgage rate, mortgage rates, Nick Pipitone, Redfin, single family housing starts, Strait of Hormuz
May
19

May 19th, 2026 by

Pending home sales rose in April, but NAR Chief Economist Dr. Lawrence Yun warned the gains could be undermined by a deepening supply shortage that risks pushing home price growth past wage growth.

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Category: Markets & Economy, MLS & Associations, Select, Boston-Cambridge-Newton, economy, foreclosure sales, home price growth, homeownership rate, housing supply, lawrence yun, markets, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, midwest, mortgage rates, NAR, national association of realtors, northeast, oklahoma, pending home sales, realtor.com, Realtor.com Economics, south, west
May
19

May 19th, 2026 by

Opendoor launches Cash Now, More Later nationally with RealScout as its launch partner, giving agents two commissions on a single seller.

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Category: Agent, Buyers Tools, homebuying, homeselling, Lead Generation, News Brief, Select, Technology, agent commission, agent commissions, agent tools, Agent Workflow, Andrew Flachner, Cash Now, Cash Now, More Later, cash offer, collaborative home search, commission, home search platform, ibuyer, inman, Kaz Nejatian, lead nurture, listing agent, More Later, opendoor, Opendoor 2.0, PropTech, real estate agent tools, real estate tech, realscout, Redfin
May
19

May 19th, 2026 by

Builder confidence rose in May, but 14 straight months of sales incentives signal that affordability pressure has shifted from buyers to builders' bottom lines.

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Category: Industry News, Markets & Economy, Select, affordability challenges, Bill Owens, builder concessions, builder incentives, homebuilder confidence, homebuilders, housing affordability, Housing Market INdex, housing supply, Maor Greenberg, midwest, mortgage rates, nahb, NAHB/Wells Fargo, nahb/wells fargo housing market index, national association of home builders, northeast, ohio, Robert Dietz, sales incentives, single-family homes, south, Spacial, wells fargo, west, Worthington, Ohio
May
19

May 19th, 2026 by

A wave of mergers and acquisitions has reshaped residential brokerage since the NAR settlement. Here’s how the industry is consolidating.

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Category: Brokerage, Mortgage, Select, @properties, agent recruitment, Anywhere, Anywhere Real Estate, aperture, baird & warner, better homes and gardens real estate, brokerage consolidation, california, century 21, chicago, cloud brokerage, coldwell banker, Commission Pressure, compass, corcoran, dream town, east coast, era, eXp Realty, franchise model, gino blefari, howard hanna, inventory, keller williams, Leo Pareja, LPT Realty, luxury real estate, Lyon Real Estate, midwest, Mortgage Integration, Multi-Brand Brokerage, national association of realtors, new york, nexthome, Pre-Marketing Strategy, private listings, re/max, real brokerage, real estate brokerage consolidation, real estate search, Redfin, residential brokerage, robert palmer, rocket, rocket companies, sacramento, Sotheby's International Realty, Stone Point Capital, Superregional Platform, washington, Windermere Real Estate, Windermere Signature Properties
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Darcy Rockwell
Darcy Rockwell Licensed Real Estate Associate Broker Office: (518) 285-9587 Cell: (518) 285-9587 Office: (518) 477-1000 Cell: (518) 285-9587 Email: darcy.rockwell@coldwellbankerprime.com
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