On prices, rent, and mortgage:
Using Income Changes to Forecast Home Prices by County – Home Economics
Expert Panel Expects Moderating Home Price Growth through 2026 – Fannie Mae
Mortgage Rates Ease to 6.84% – Realtor.com
Buyer-Friendly Housing Market Gets a Boost With a Dip in Mortgage Rates – Realtor.com
Housing Isn’t Expensive for Everyone. Do you have a ZIRP-era mortgage or not? – Bloomberg
Congress Considers a Crackdown on Those Spammy Calls From Mortgage Lenders. Legislation would curb ‘trigger leads,’ whereby credit bureaus sell your mortgage application information to competing lenders – Wall Street Journal
Trump has a plan to remake the housing-finance system. It’s baffling to many lawmakers and experts. The question of what to do with Fannie and Freddie, the two dominant mortgage financiers, has bedeviled policymakers for decades. – Politico
On sales, permits, starts, and supply:
More Home Listings Are Paving the Way to a Buyer-Friendly Market – Realtor.com
32 housing markets where tight inventory still favors sellers. Among the nation’s 200 largest metro area housing markets, 32 markets at the end of May 2025 still had at least 50% less active inventory than in May 2019. – Fast Company
New Real-Estate Math: Half a Million More Sellers Than Buyers. New listings haven’t been enough to jolt the housing market out of its slumber – Wall Street Journal
Permit Activity Weakens in April 2025 – NAHB
3rd Look at Local Housing Markets in May – Calculated Risk
Builder Sentiment at Third Lowest Reading Since 2012 – NAHB
Housing Market Index and Single Family Starts – Calculated Risk
Housing Starts Decreased to 1.256 million Annual Rate in May – Calculated Risk
Sharp Drop in Multifamily Production Brings Overall Housing Starts Down – NAHB
US single-family housing starts rise in May; permits slump – Reuters
US housing construction falls to 5-year low as tariffs weigh on sector. Signs of property market weakness come hours ahead of Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates – FT
Single-Family Home Construction Stays Muted in May as Builders Grapple With Rates and Tariffs – Realtor.com
There Are Nearly 15 Million Vacant Homes in America—Here’s Where Most of Them Are – Realtor.com
Buyer-Friendly Housing Market Grows as Home Prices Hold Steady – Realtor.com
Housing’s Woes Are a Leading Indicator – Wall Street Journal
Housing Starts Weaken Amid Gloomy Builder Sentiment – Wall Street Journal
The housing market slump is getting worse – Axios
On other developments:
Household Real Estate Asset Value Falls to Start the Year – NAHB
Here’s how Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ would impact housing – CNN
Why did those apartments for the poor cost D.C. more than $1 million each? – Washington Post
The affordability gap: Is home ownership still within reach in today’s economy? – JP Morgan Chase
Home Flipping Profits Drop in First Quarter – ATTOM
The 10 states where homeownership will most be out of reach in 5 years. These 10 states are projected to have the largest gaps between income and homeowners in five years – Quartz
Can You Guess the Hidden Costs of Homeownership? – New York Times