On prices, rent, and mortgage:
- Renters deserve credit for paying rent — and Zillow is delivering – Zillow
- Government Shutdown Disrupts Housing Data—but Relief Is in Sight as Mortgage Rates Hold Steady – Realtor.com
- September 2025 Rental Report: Rental Affordability Improved Compared to a Year Ago – Realtor.com
- A Brief History of Bad Housing-Finance Policy. The 30-year fixed rate, low-down-payment mortgage pays down too slowly for those with weak credit and volatile incomes. – Wall Street Journal
On sales, permits, starts, and supply:
- September 2025 Hottest Housing Markets – Realtor.com
- Number of Homes for Sale Continues To Grow—but Housing Market Moves at a Crawl – Realtor.com
- Gavin Newsom signs contentious bill to spur housing construction
- The California governor approved the proposal despite fierce pushback from the Los Angeles mayor and City Council. – Politico
- California Wants to Make It Easier to Build Housing. Los Angeles Objects. Gov. Newsom Friday signed a bill that will make it easier to build apartment buildings. Some cities fear a loss of control. – Wall Street Journal
- Squeezing Builders Isn’t the Way to Lower Housing Costs – Bloomberg
- Cash Is King: Trends in All-Cash Home Sales – Realtor.com
- Custom Home Building Share Declines in 2024 – NAHB
- California tries to fix its housing mess. The YIMBY movement wins a big victory – The Economist
- Builders Stay Cautious as Single-Family Permits Weaken – NAHB
- Amid Market Challenges, Builder Expectations Rise in October – NAHB
- Historic California Housing Bill Could Bring More Apartment Buildings Near Transit – Realtor.com
- Home Sales Profits Up in Third Quarter to Near 50 Percent Margin – ATTOM
- Remodeling Expected to Continue Slow but Steady Growth Into Next Year – Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
On other developments:
- How Would A Recession Cascade through Real Estate? – Home Economics
- Is The Housing Affordability Crisis an Illusion? – Econlib
- Mapping a Way Out of the US Housing Affordability Crisis. Sara Bronin, founder of the National Zoning Atlas, has won the Heinz Award for her ongoing project to map the land-use rules that restrict housing production. – Bloomberg
- Where Have All the Young Home Buyers Gone? Check the Stock Market. The rent vs. buy debate has taken on new meaning for Gen Z thanks to soaring share prices and more investment options – Wall Street Journal
- Bipartisan Bill To Tackle the Housing Crisis Passes the Senate During Government Shutdown – Realtor.com
- Investor-owned housing helps renters. It is not the infusion of capital from investors that disrupts housing markets; it is local government policies that do not let supply keep up with demand. – Reason
- The Government Shutdown Is Hitting the Housing Market Hard—and Florida Shows What’s at Stake – Realtor.com
- Fair Housing Takes Brunt as Trump Begins Mass Firings at HUD – Bloomberg
- Seattle Tech Workers Are Fueling a Real-Estate Rush in the Cascade Mountains. Workers from Amazon and Microsoft are spending big on homes in Suncadia, an all-season resort in Cle Elum – Wall Street Journal
- My Husband Thinks Buying a House We Can’t Afford Is Our Ticket to Security. Uh, No? – Slate