NEWSNATIONNOW (Sarah Davis and The Hill) - Home sales drop to lowest level since June 2025
August marks the third consecutive month of declining home sales in the U.S.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Home sales fell in August as nation's supply rises to highest level in a decade
Despite the increased supply, home prices continued to rise. The median price of a home sold in August was $429,100, up 1.6% from August 2025.
WASHINGTONPOST (Julie Z. Weil) - Did we make it too hard to get a mortgage after 2008? A new report says yes.
Some say the pendulum has swung too far since the 2008 housing crisis. Others warn that looser standards for who qualifies for a mortgage once led to disaster.
WASHINGTONPOST (Julie Z. Weil) - The wrong people are paying off their mortgages
People with low interest rates should be holding on to their mortgages. Instead, they're accelerating their payments.
NYTIMES (Elizabeth A. Harris) - Mortgage Rates Climb to Highest Level Since July 2025
Higher costs for home loans have put a squeeze on the housing market, adding pressure to consumers already struggling with elevated inflation.
THEFEDERALIST (Gabriel R. Llanes) - The Wealth Gap Is Real, And Washington Created It
A warning to my fellow Republicans: Offer Americans the hard truth, or socialists will sell them the easy lie.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump administration rescinds Obama-era housing mandate blamed for driving up building costs
HUD and the Justice Department jointly scrapped a 2013 Obama-era policy that exposed homebuilders to indefinite legal liability over accessibility flaws, a mandate officials say added hundreds of millions in costs and choked off affordable housing. HUD Secretary Scott Turner and Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Craig Trainor moved to replace the […] The post Trump administration rescinds Obama-era housing mandate blamed for driving up building costs appeared first on American Almanac .
HUD and the Justice Department jointly scrapped a 2013 Obama-era policy that exposed homebuilders to indefinite legal liability over accessibility flaws, a mandate officials say added hundreds of millions in costs and choked off affordable housing. HUD Secretary Scott Turner and Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Craig Trainor moved to replace the old enforcement framework with strict filing deadlines that mirror what Congress actually wrote into the Fair Housing Act more than three decades ago. Under the new guidance, individuals and advocacy groups now face a one-year window to file administrative complaints with HUD, starting from the date a building receives its certificate of occupancy. Private federal…Open
DAILYCALLER (Spencer Lombardo) - It’s Harder For Zoomers To Afford These Five Mainstays Of Life That Boomers Could When They Were Their Age
‘Housing, childcare, and groceries have all gotten so expensive that starting a family now looks like a financial risk’
NYTIMES (Christopher Serkin and Daniel J. Sharfstein) - How to Fix the Housing Crisis: Look to WWII
World War II proves the government can intervene directly to fix the housing crisis.
NYTIMES (Sophia June) - Gen Z Is Building Wealth By Investing Instead of Buying Homes
When it comes to building wealth, Gen Z is more focused on investment apps and their retirement accounts than they are in building equity in a home.