Real Estate Refresh

Zillow went into 2026 on the record so confident, even optimistic. Their official forecast called for home values to grow 3.4% this year with more sales and improving affordability. The housing market was finally supposed to catch its breath after two years of buyers sitting on the sidelines waiting for something. Maybe it was rates, prices, inventory…maybe it was certainty but 2026 was supposed to be the year they got it. Then February 28th happened. Fast forward to today. Z

Most news recaps or blogs you’ll see covering this week will tell you that rates declined for the second week in a row (from the sharp spike we saw a month ago when the war with Iran started) with continued improvement this morning after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz fully open for commercial purposes, sales are down year-over-year from last March but inventory is up. That’s the surface level recap of this week’s headlines and data.  Of course, I’m here with more. I’m he

Rates are up and down, headlines say the housing market is recovering unevenly (whatever that means) and buyers feel stuck, their agents are even uncertain. No one is really talking about this, but I think we should be. I’ve always thought there is one housing market that we are all dealing with. The interest rates are the same no matter where you live, we all wake up to the same dumpster fire headlines, we all speak the same language and have the same financing options in t