The 2026 housing market is not behaving the way most people expect. Rates are lower than they’ve been in years. Headlines say inventory is “back.” And yet many buyers still feel like there’s nothing to choose from — while many sellers worry they’ve missed their moment. Both things can be true at the

Mortgage rates have quietly done something powerful this fall and early winter: they’ve stayed near 6% for weeks on end. That’s helped push mortgage purchase applications to their highest level in almost three years and driven a multi-year high in pending home sales, according to HousingWire lead an

October showed some of the year's best momentum for Central Florida housing. The headline numbers from the Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association (ORRA) State of the Market report: New listings: +12.8% vs October 2024 New pending sales: +20.2% (that’s a huge jump in buyer activity) Total homes under