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Home Auction Buyer Optimism Hits Three-Year High 

Appraisal Buzz

Auction.com has released its 2025 Buyer Insights report , showing buyers of distressed properties at auction are the most optimistic they have been in three years when it comes to expectations for property purchases in the coming year, while becoming less bearish about home price appreciation and rents.

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More first-time buyers rely on mortgage rate buydowns to afford homes

Housing Wire

According to HomeLight ‘s Top Agent Insights report released this week, real estate agents are feeling this and are being forced to switch up tactics to attract buyers. Agents reported that 27% of first-timer buyers requested mortgage rate buydowns from sellers. 30 and Nov.

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Housing market sees record seller-buyer gap

Housing Wire

housing market is experiencing its largest-ever imbalance between home sellers and buyers, with an estimated 1.9 million buyers as of April 2025, according to Redfin. gap — or roughly 490,000 more sellers than buyers — and the widest margin recorded since Redfin’s data tracking began in 2013. That’s a 33.7%

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Pending home sales rise again as buyers capitalize on more inventory

Housing Wire

“Despite higher mortgage rates in November and persistent affordability challengers, buyers took advantage of more inventory as pending home sales reached the highest level in nearly two years. ” Housing industry experts attribute the recent increases in pending home sales to a shift in buyer attitudes about mortgage rates.

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Need Curated Pre-foreclosure Lists to Generate New Real Estate Leads? Trellis Has the Data!

Trellis is a state trial court research and analytics platform that provides Real Estate Professionals (Buyers, Foreclosure, Loan Modification, etc.) with LEADS on Pre-Foreclosures, Lis Pendes, Distressed Assets and more — to help uncover **new** opportunities and grow their business. The process is quick and easy — and all in real time.

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Survey shows buyers gaining leverage as real estate market slows

Housing Wire

The housing market continued to cool in May, with buyer leverage increasing across many regions of the country, according to a new survey from The Real Brokerage. Agents reported that affordability remained the top concern for buyers, cited by 50% of respondents. But even with this shift in leverage, affordability remains a key hurdle.

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The state of US homeownership: Younger buyers hold the key

Housing Wire

The loan profile of buyers during the post-2010 expansion is excellent. Since 2020, the drastic increase in home prices and mortgage rates approaching 8% made it even more challenging for younger buyers to enter the housing market. This leaves a lot of homeowners in place. However, life often presents unexpected challenges.

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