HousingWire Research is the premier source of comprehensive, real-time data and analysis for the housing market, covering mortgage, real estate brokerage, team and agent data. Our goal is to empower the housing industry with actionable insights to make informed decisions. By delivering cutting-edge research and breaking down industry silos, we give our audience the full picture.
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November 2024
2025 Housing Market Forecast: The Path to Home Sales Recovery
A strategic roadmap to help industry experts anticipate client needs, and understand the market recovery — from home price stability and transaction volumes to the influence of shifting mortgage rates.
Latest Research Reports
Addressing the lack of understanding around reverse for purchase
With an unprecedented wave of retirements—over 4.1 million Americans each year, according to the Peak65 report by Alliance for Lifetime Income—understanding the intricacies of reverse mortgages is essential.
Who’s Winning the Home Equity War
Given the depressed state of the first mortgage market, the battle to win consumers’ home equity business has never been fiercer. Cue the epic showdown: Who will win the home equity war?
HousingWire Research: Examining Verification Waterfalls
Are you using the most effective and cost efficient methods for verifying income and employment? Have you considered a verification waterfall to lower cost and reduce risk?
HousingWire Research: The Mortgage Rate Lock-In Effect is Shaping Today’s Market
The mortgage rate “lock-in” effect has been hotly debated. This report unveils a new approach to analyzing lock-in – inventory opposed to transactions – revealing surprising insights.
Research Report: Your step-by-step guide to becoming a digital closing leader
Ready to start your journey to digital maturity? HousingWire surveyed title and settlement companies to find out where they sit on the Stavvy Digital Maturity Model.
Study: A Playbook for Real Estate Brokerage Growth
HousingWire Research looked at key performance metrics and interviewed owners and operators of the RealTrends Verified GameChangers to find out the strategies that led to their growth.
Research News
Investor purchases are sinking with the housing market at large
Dec 20, 2024According to data from CoreLogic, investor purchases have tracked closely with consumer home sales, and the share of home sales attributable to investors is down as well.
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Housing inventory is down everywhere except in pandemic hotspots. Here’s why.
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New Hampshire’s hot housing market has the state in crisis mode
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How has Tampa’s housing market fared since Hurricane Milton?
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What rising inventory means for the 2025 housing market
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Cincinnati’s housing market in a word? Unpredictable
Dec 10, 2024
