Florida Homeowners Get New ‘Affordable’ Insurance Options—but There’s a Catch

Photo-illustration by Realtor.com; Source: Getty Images (2)A pair of Florida-based insurance providers have teamed up to create a new “affordable” insurance program aimed at homeowners in the hurricane-prone state, but there’s a catch: It is limited only to buyers of newly built homes.Security First

Did home sales momentum fizzle in December?

The New Year’s week was expected to be slow, so it’s no surprise that new listings and sales are down. Those will start rebounding in next week’s data.The Christmas and New Year’s holidays fell on Wednesdays this year, which messes up two full weeks in terms of getting home sales done and tracking t

Report suggests capital gains tax is discouraging older homeowners from downsizing

While recent housing market reports and trends have shown that older homeowners are unwilling to sell their homes for a variety of reasons, one of them may be the expected requirement to pay capital gains taxes stemming from the post-pandemic explosion of home-price appreciation, according to a repo

Prosperity’s Justin Messer talks customer satisfaction and 2025 mortgage rate predictions

In the newest episode of the Power House podcast, HousingWire President Diego Sanchez sits down for a conversation with Prosperity Home Mortgage CEO Justin Messer. The duo explore Prosperity’s transition from refinances to purchase mortgage originations, the company’s Realtor affiliate model, servic