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The Cost of Buying a Home Is Getting a Little Better. Why Sales Are Still Stuck.
Home prices rose modestly in April: the median $417,700 sale price was 0.9% higher than a year ago.
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Zillow Tops Earnings Estimates as It Expands
The quarterly results come as Zillow integrates its varied businesses including rentals, search, and mortgages.
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Compass Spent Big on a Real Estate Deal. It’s Paying Off For the Stock.
Compass acquired Anywhere brokerage in January. It contributed to a surprise first-quarter profit.
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Buying a Home Got a Little Cheaper. Where Prices Are Falling the Most.
Falling prices still aren’t the norm—but they are a little more common. Prices dropped below year-ago levels in 27% of more than 200 metro areas, a trade group says.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac IPOs ‘Stalled,’ Analysts Write. Why They Downgraded Fannie Mae Stock.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares are down 23% and 29%, respectively, this year, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
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Home Price Growth Unexpectedly Slowed in February. Blame High Mortgage Rates.
Prices in an index tracking 20 of the nation’s large metropolitan areas rose 0.9% from a year ago.
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U.S. Envoys Won’t Travel to Pakistan for Iran Talks, Trump Says
President Donald Trump shared the news in a Truth Social post on Saturday.
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PulteGroup Earnings Show the Housing Market’s Decline—and a Silver Lining
A multiyear slowdown has been playing out in the housing market amid headwinds such as rising mortgage rates and macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty.
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D.R. Horton Stock Rises on Earnings Beat. Have Home Builders Hit Bottom?
D.R. Horton sees earnings and revenue fall from a year ago but the numbers outperform expectations.
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AI Is Changing How Companies Talk to Shareholders. Here Is the Red Flag for Readers.
Barron’s reviewed the use of a certain sentence structure in corporate communications. Much of it had a familiar ring.
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Home Sales Are Sluggish. Buy These 2 Builder Stocks Anyway.
Home resales in March fell 3.6% to a 3.98 million annual rate, missing expectations, while limited inventory pushed prices to a record for the month.
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Fair Isaac Stock Plunges. Why It’s a Bad Day for Credit Bureaus.
The credit bureau is the second worst-performing S&P 500 stock on the day.
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Builder Stocks Jump on Cease-Fire. A Tough Year Could Be Turning Around.
Home-builder stocks have had a tough start to the year as profit margins remained under pressure.
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Credit Bureaus Cut Prices. Fair Isaac’s FICO Still Dominates, Analysts Say.
Oppenheimer analysts raised earnings estimates on credit bureau stocks, citing positive credit trends.
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2 Early Signs of Home Sales Look Promising. Maybe Higher Mortgage Rates Didn’t Scare Buyers After All.
Strength in the housing market through the spring and summer will depend on the lasting power of mortgage rates’ recent climb.
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Where the New Houses Are—and What That Says About Growth
Recent statistics show that areas with the greatest population growth tend to be in the Sunbelt where new, affordable construction is taking place.
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This Real Estate Pro Likes Cheap Plays Like Fannie Mae and U-Haul
Ryan Dobratz, co-manager of the Third Avenue Real Estate Value fund, likes well-capitalized companies trading at historical discounts.
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