TOP STORYHousing Market
By James Clark | October 10, 2026
Week in Housing: Oct. 9
Mortgage rates hit a three-year high, September's Fed minutes showed most officials still expect another increase this year, and a record home-equity figure arrived with sharply slower growth. Plus HUD's…
By James Clark | October 10, 2026
LATEST NEWS
Week in Housing: Oct. 9
Equifax Says VantageScore Mortgage Pulls Rose 230%, and Holds Its $1 Price Through 2028
PLACE Acquires Ardley, Adding Loan-Retention AI Two Weeks After Buying Maxwell
Trump Memo Orders Fed’s Lisa Cook to a Closed White House Hearing on Nov. 5
TKO Hotels Offers $2 Billion in Cash for Service Properties Trust’s Entire Hotel Portfolio
RealtyWire Top 5
Featured Top 5 home sales from markets across the U.S.
Miami-Dade-Broward-Palm Beach, Florida Top 5 Home Sales: Manalapan Oceanfront Estate Leads at $83.2 Million
Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A $26 Million Gulf-Front Estate Leads a Week of Sarasota Waterfront Sales
Naples, Florida Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: New Port Royal Home Leads at $26 Million
Los Angeles-Orange County, California Top 5 Home Sales: Beverly Hills Tops a Week of Sales From Laguna Beach to Newport Coast
New York, New York Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A $19.2 Million Peconic Farm Estate Leads the Week
Housing Market
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Median Home Equity Reached a Record $230,000 in 2025 as Its Growth Slowed Sharply
Citizens Suspends Insurance Binding Statewide as Hurricane Isaias Targets Florida's Panhandle
Mortgage
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HUD Opens Fair Housing Act Investigation Into Wells Fargo's Minority Homeownership Programs
Most Fed Officials Expected Another Rate Increase by Year End, September Minutes Show
Commercial Real Estate
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14 Tucson, Ariz., Business Parks Sell for a Record $165.75 Million
Activist Investor Takes 5.8% of Empire State Realty Trust and Presses for a Strategic Review
Technology & AI
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FICO Will Eliminate About 15% of Its Positions in an AI-Driven Restructuring
Realtor.com Puts Agentic AI in Front of 192,000 Agents With RealAssist
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
- eXp Realty Forms a Newrez Mortgage Venture and Opens Its Data to Agents’ Own AI
- TKO Hotels Offers $2 Billion in Cash for Service Properties Trust’s Entire Hotel Portfolio
- 30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits 7.40%, the Highest Since November 2023
- Leo Pareja Takes Over as AGNT CEO as Glenn Sanford Moves to Chairman
- Trump Memo Orders Fed’s Lisa Cook to a Closed White House Hearing on Nov. 5
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