The residential-brokerage franchisor announced a host of company-wide steps it is taking to grow its business. 

A new report from ShowingTime reveals a continued drop in home showings nationwide: During May, buyer traffic decreased 18.2% year over year.

Realor.com has compiled a list of the 10 markets where homes are lingering the longest — giving buyers a rare edge.

What does the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index reveal about Houston real estate?

The increase ends a six-month string of monthly declines, the National Association of REALTORS® said.

New-home inventory rose to 444,000 homes in May from 437,000 homes in April, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported.  

Meanwhile, existing-home sales slid 3.4% from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.41 million, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. 

The number of homes for sale in May rose 16.3% month over month and 2.2% year over year. Months’ supply of inventory rose to 0.9 from 0.8 in April and fell from 1 in May 2021. 

New-home completions rose during the month, however, with the increased inventory representing a rare bright spot in an otherwise gloomy government report. 

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by .75% today: the sharpest increase since 1994. How will that affect real estate?

Two major real estate firms are cutting their workforces amid a cooling housing market. Compass and Redfin are laying off 10% and 8% of their current staffs, respectively.

Lumber prices, once emblematic of widespread supply-chain woes, are finally beginning to fall. How will this affect the housing market?

Nationally, the index posted its highest annual increase ever.

Most of the single-family homes are in Texas, Georgia, Alabama and Oklahoma. 

Nevertheless, home prices are expected to continue rising through the end of the year, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. 

The rate of new single-family home sales fell 16.6% from March’s revised number, while the median sales price jumped to $450,600 from March’s revised median house price of $435,000.