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Don’t expect mortgage rate relief anytime soon: Fannie Mae

May 19th, 2026 by Nick Pipitone

Fannie Mae's May housing forecast locks in a 6.3 percent average 30-year rate through the end of 2026 and most of 2027, as the Iran War keeps inflation elevated and Federal Reserve rate cuts off the table.

Category: Markets & Economy, Mortgage, Select, 30-year fixed mortgage rate, 30-year fixed mortgage rates, Associated Press, Chen Zhao, CME Group, consumer price index, CPI Inflation, elevated mortgage rates, fannie mae, Fannie Mae commentary, Fannie Mae Housing Forecast, federal reserve, freddie mac, gse, GSEs, home inventory, home price appreciation, Housing Market Affordability, inflation, iran, Iran war impact, israel, mortgage rate, mortgage rates, Nick Pipitone, Redfin, single family housing starts, Strait of Hormuz

May
19

NAR: Pending sales up, but supply crunch threatens affordability

May 19th, 2026 by Jessi Healey

Pending home sales rose in April, but NAR Chief Economist Dr. Lawrence Yun warned the gains could be undermined by a deepening supply shortage that risks pushing home price growth past wage growth.

Category: Markets & Economy, MLS & Associations, Select, Boston-Cambridge-Newton, economy, foreclosure sales, home price growth, homeownership rate, housing supply, lawrence yun, markets, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, midwest, mortgage rates, NAR, national association of realtors, northeast, oklahoma, pending home sales, realtor.com, Realtor.com Economics, south, west

May
19

Opendoor’s new product pays agents twice. Here’s how it works

May 19th, 2026 by Nick Pipitone

Opendoor launches Cash Now, More Later nationally with RealScout as its launch partner, giving agents two commissions on a single seller.

Category: Agent, Buyers Tools, homebuying, homeselling, Lead Generation, News Brief, Select, Technology, agent commission, agent commissions, agent tools, Agent Workflow, Andrew Flachner, Cash Now, Cash Now, More Later, cash offer, collaborative home search, commission, home search platform, ibuyer, inman, Kaz Nejatian, lead nurture, listing agent, More Later, opendoor, Opendoor 2.0, PropTech, real estate agent tools, real estate tech, realscout, Redfin

May
19

World Cup Fever Brings More Soccer Pitches to N.Y.C.

May 19th, 2026 by Alyson Krueger and Graham Dickie

Image Caption: From mini fields in public schools to an 80-acre facility in New Jersey, the region is getting more playing spaces ahead of the World Cup.

Companies, government organizations, nonprofits and schools work to make pitches available to play.

Category: Soccer, World Cup (Soccer), World Cup 2026 (Soccer), KidSuper Studios LLC, Dillane, Colm, New York City Football Club (Soccer Team), Randalls Island (Manhattan, NY), New York Red Bulls (Soccer Team), Airbnb

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19

Homebuilder confidence ticks up, but the incentives tell the real story

May 19th, 2026 by Nick Pipitone

Builder confidence rose in May, but 14 straight months of sales incentives signal that affordability pressure has shifted from buyers to builders' bottom lines.

Category: Industry News, Markets & Economy, Select, Bill Owens, builder concessions, builder incentives, homebuilder confidence, homebuilders, housing affordability, Housing Market INdex, housing supply, Maor Greenberg, midwest, mortgage rates, nahb, NAHB/Wells Fargo, nahb/wells fargo housing market index, national association of home builders, northeast, ohio, Robert Dietz, sales incentives, south, Spacial, wells fargo, west

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Don’t expect mortgage rate relief anytime soon: Fannie Mae

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Homebuilder confidence ticks up, but the incentives tell the real story

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