TOP STORYHousing Market
By Don Baker | October 17, 2026
Week in Housing: Oct. 16
Inflation rose to 3.7%, mortgage rates held at 7.40%, September home sales ticked up while contracts fell everywhere, and Washington moved on FHA, HUD staffing and portal practices.
By Don Baker | October 17, 2026
Commercial Real Estate
Construction Input Prices Jump Nearly 12% in a Year as Diesel More Than Doubles
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Week in Housing: Oct. 16
Construction Input Prices Jump Nearly 12% in a Year as Diesel More Than Doubles
Miami-Dade Breaks Its Record for $30 Million-Plus Home Sales With Three Months to Spare
First Horizon Takes a $473 Million Loss to Sell $4.5 Billion of Lower-Yielding Mortgages
CarbonAI Raises $12 Million From Cowboy Ventures to Put AI Agents on Commercial Real Estate Loans
RealtyWire Top 5
Featured Top 5 home sales from markets across the U.S.
Miami-Dade-Broward-Palm Beach, Florida Top 5 Home Sales: A $48.5 Million New Home in San Marco Leads Three Miami Beach Island Sales
Las Vegas, Nevada Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: $25 Million Summerlin Estate Leads the Week
San Francisco, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Seacliff Home Leads the Week at $21 Million
San Jose, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Old Palo Alto Home Leads at $15 Million
Phoenix, Arizona Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Paradise Valley Claims Four of the Five, Led by a $14 Million New Estate
Housing Market
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HUD Lost 29% of Its Staff in 2025, and Housing Groups Report Delays and Lost Contacts, GAO Finds
Builder Labor Shortages Are Now Worse Than in the 2004-2006 Boom, NAHB Survey Finds
Mortgage
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Mortgage Bankers Press Regulators to Cut FHA Premiums and Ease the Tri-Merge Credit Rule
Inflation Accelerates to 3.7% in September as Shelter Costs Turn Back Up
Agents & Brokerages
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Cushman & Wakefield Hires CBRE's Doug Middleton to Lead Its New York Institutional Capital Markets Team
JLL Creates a U.S. Country CEO Role and Names Mark Gibson to It
Commercial Real Estate
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EQT to Buy Stockbridge for $375 Million, Adding $16.5 Billion in Fee-Earning Real Estate Assets
Construction Backlog Rises to 8.7 Months, but a Quarter of Contractors Expect Margins to Shrink
Technology & AI
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Oregon Freezes Air and Water Permits for New Data Centers Until July 2027
Mogul Raised $15.5 Million It Says It Didn't Need, at a $126 Million Valuation
Markets to Watch
View all markets βHartfordConnecticut
Tight & affordableLow inventory and steady demand keep sellers firmly in control.
View Market βSan JoseCalifornia
Top-of-market bellwetherHigh prices and tech-driven demand set the pace for the luxury tier.
View Market βMiami BeachFlorida
Luxury resilienceCash and second-home buyers keep this coastal market strong despite high rates.
View Market βMost Read
- Construction Input Prices Jump Nearly 12% in a Year as Diesel More Than Doubles
- HUD Lost 29% of Its Staff in 2025, and Housing Groups Report Delays and Lost Contacts, GAO Finds
- Miami-Dade Breaks Its Record for $30 Million-Plus Home Sales With Three Months to Spare
- Bloomberg Philanthropies Picks 15 Cities to Copy San Diego, Austin and Atlanta Housing Reforms
- Disaster Insurer Stand Raises $70 Million at a $1 Billion Valuation as Its Book Grows Tenfold
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