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By Brad Beckett on April 28, 2026
According to the latest ICE Mortgage Monitor, the national delinquency rate rose by 7 bps in February to 3.72%, driven by a 4% seasonal rise in early (30-day) delinquencies and a 3% rise in seriously delinquent (90-plus day) loans.  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on April 28, 2026
According to the latest Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI), U.S. single-family home rental prices increased 1.1% year over year in February, 2026.  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on April 27, 2026
According to ATTOM’s Q1 2026 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, there were 118,727, residential properties with foreclosure filings up 6% from Q4 2025 and up 26% from a year ago.  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on April 24, 2026

Infographic:  Earlier in the week we posted about the recent decline in interstate moves (a 10-year low).  Today’s graphic from StorageCafe dovetails into that data and shows us the best and worst states for net migration.  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on April 23, 2026
A recent “Daily Download” from HousingWire illustrated over 45 years’ worth of total housing inventory data from January 1980 through March 2026 (citing NAR data).  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on April 23, 2026
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the federal General Services Administration (GSA) has sold a 940k square-foot vacant office building in Washington, D.C. to a housing developer for $24 million.  Click here to read more.  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on April 22, 2026
On a recent episode of Real Estate News for Investors, Kathy Fettke says the U.S. housing shortage has reached a staggering 10 million homes, according to a new White House report.  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on April 16, 2026

Realtor.com says most homeowners appreciate having a nearby grocery store – but the store’s true value may depend on the brand. They analyzed research from data site Home Economics and found that in neighborhoods where a Trader Joe’s opens, home prices outperform the national average by 5.6% over the following three years. Click here to read more.

By Carl Fischer on April 15, 2026

Carl Fischer says farmland is one of the most overlooked areas of real estate, yet it has consistently performed among the best. Over the past 20 years, U.S. farmland has produced around 10 percent average annual returns according to the NCREIF Farmland Index. That is comparable to private multifamily portfolios and stronger than many REITs or single-family rentals, with far less volatility and lower management requirements. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on April 14, 2026

Citing data from the most recent American Community Survey, the NAHB’s Eye on Housing says the median age of owner-occupied homes in the U.S. is 42 years. They point out that the age of housing stock is an important remodeling market indicator. Click here to read more.