Housing Market Forecasts for the Second Half of the Year

From rising home prices to mortgage rate swings, the housing market has left a lot of people wondering what’s next – and whether now is really the right time to move.

Zillow posts strong Q1, touts listing transparency and app traffic

Zillow reported a strong start to 2025, exceeding its first-quarter 2025 outlook with $598 million in revenue, up 13% year over year. The company also posted $153 million in adjusted EBITDA and achieved GAAP profitability — driven by cost management and margin expansion, leaders said. During an earn

Finance of America posts a profit, beats funded volume estimates in Q1 2025

In beating its estimates for funded loan volume — and by posting a profit — in the first quarter of 2025, reverse mortgage lender Finance of America (FOA) saw its volume improve by nearly one-third compared to numbers from Q4 2024. The company is maintaining a bullish outlook for business in the mon

Is it a good time to sell a house? ‘No’ is increasingly the answer

President Donald Trump’s trade war has turned perceptions of the U.S. economy upside down, and data is beginning to trickle in on how tariffs might impact consumer behavior in the housing market. The latest numbers come from Fannie Mae‘s Home Purchase Sentiment Index, which measures consumer attitud