Category: Janet’s Real Estate Blog

Updated forecast now sees existing-home prices rising ~1% by end-2026, below the earlier ~2% call, as softer sales and more listings ease […]

Texas remained a relatively healthy home sales market, with buyers and sellers still participating despite broader housing-market slowdowns seen in other markets […]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced 14 policy changes to streamline the FHA single-family mortgage insurance program, totaling 150 actions […]

Pending single-family home sales in Greater Houston reached their highest since May 2022, despite a 3.2% decline in actual sales to 8,631 […]

For the remainder of 2026, many housing economists expected modest improvement as lower rates, better affordability and expanding inventory supported activity across […]

In the three months ending May 31, US luxury median sale prices ↑~5% to $1.4M, while non-luxury prices ↑~1% to ~$377K nationwide. […]

In the current US market, ~44% of agents described conditions as balanced, showing buyers regained negotiating power after years of stronger seller […]

The Texas housing market in 2026 is stabilizing with home prices nearly flat, inventory up 7.4%, and homes staying on the market […]

Existing-home sales rose 3.2% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.17 million, the highest since December 2025, despite slightly […]

The 20% down payment on a home is a convention, not a requirement. While it avoids private mortgage insurance (PMI), saving that […]