Real Estate Talk Podcast

#1 Real Estate Podcast in Coastal Virginia; hosted by Robert Keilman and Joshua Britt.

[Real Estate Talk Podcast @RealEstate_Pod]

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨 Struggling to buy a home with $1.32T in credit card debt and skyrocketing insurance costs? 🏠💸 Join us on the Real Estate Talk Podcast with Juan Burgas of UQUAL and Jeremy Berrios of Movement Mortgage as we reveal credit score hacks, Vantage 4.0 insights, and tips to qualify for a mortgage in 2025!

💪 Don’t miss out—watch now: https://t.co/Qw4uvrPhsY

#RealEstateTalkPodcast #HomeBuyingTips #CreditScoreHacks

[NAR Research @NAR_Research]

Deputy Chief Economist Jessica Lautz talks about the NAR Member Profile and the data it contains on real estate agents and their average annual transactions.
WATCH: https://t.co/qGQQv5rCwm

[Realtor.com @realtordotcom]

Homes are piling up on the market and these states are seeing the biggest jumps in inventory.

Nevada, Maryland, and North Carolina top the list for the largest year-over-year increases in homes on the market.

Compared to this time last year, Nevada’s inventory has surged by 52.9%, the biggest jump in the country. Maryland came next with a 48.2% increase in listings.

See the full report: https://t.co/NWE8lgehRG

[Barchart @Barchart]

BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Housing Market

39 of the Top 50 U.S. Metros have seen month-over-month housing price declines for the first time in history 🤯👀

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Student loan delinquency rates have hit a record high at 12.9%, the highest in 21 years, per BI

[HousingWire @HousingWire]

🏠 Homebuilders Are Still Pessimistic as Builder Confidence Plateaus

Homebuilder confidence has hovered between 32 and 34 since May, and the share of builders using sales incentives is at a post-COVID high.

➡️ Read the full breakdown by here: https://t.co/r9RoGujo5y

[Global Markets Investor @GlobalMktObserv]

🚨This is INSANE:

The BLS is set to revise DOWN US job numbers by 550,000-950,000 for 12 months ending March 2025 on September 9, according to Goldman Sachs estimates.

That’d be the biggest 12-month downward revision in 15 YEARS.

Total cut over 2 years would reach 1.5M jobs.

[HousingWire @HousingWire]

🏗️💰 Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett Bets Big on Homebuilders

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has invested nearly $1 billion in homebuilders Lennar and D.R. Horton since the start of 2025, signaling confidence in a potential housing market rebound.

➡️ Read the full breakdown here: https://t.co/FrJlzqZbYX

[Realtor.com @realtordotcom]

The Hottest ZIP Codes report from @realtordotcom ranks the U.S. areas where homes sell the fastest and buyer demand is highest.

These markets stay competitive despite slower sales and softer prices nationwide. The 2025 list reflects changing buyer priorities, shaped by high mortgage rates, affordability challenges, and shifting demand across regions.

*Note: https://t.co/MPgKpeljbm’s Hottest Zip Code rankings take into account two aspects of the housing market: 1) market demand, as measured by unique viewers per property on https://t.co/MPgKpeljbm, and 2) the pace of the market as measured by the number of days a listing remains active on https://t.co/MPgKpeljbm. The hottest areas are those that have high demand from buyers, in other words, lots of unique viewers per each property listed for sale, and fast-selling homes, an indicator of limited supply.

Full report and methodology: https://t.co/S1iU2vEB88

[Redfin @Redfin]

The median asking rent price rose 1.7% ($30) year over year to $1,790 in July. ​

Prices may be climbing because shrinking apartment supply is coinciding with growing renter demand, which is being fueled by the high cost of homeownership. #housing
https://t.co/ySGMKqDLNT

[Redfin @Redfin]

The typical home spent 43 days on the market in July, eight days longer than a year ago.​

With homes lingering, supply is piling up, giving buyers more options and negotiating power—and prompting some sellers to retreat. #realestate
https://t.co/XLPv8485oL

[Real Estate Talk Podcast @RealEstate_Pod]

@NewsLambert Paid survey or volunteer?

[Barchart @Barchart]

Renting is now significantly more affordable than buying a home — by one of the widest gaps ever recorded 🚨🚨

[HousingWire @HousingWire]

⚖️❗ Ex-Fannie Mae employees sue for defamation, alleging fraud claims were false

Forty-one former staffers fired in April claim Fannie Mae and FHFA Director Bill Pulte publicly labeled them fraudsters—without evidence—and are suing for defamation and seeking over $82 million in total damages.

➡️ Read the full breakdown here: https://t.co/IGqTfrrYnd

[Lance Lambert @NewsLambert]

Warren Buffett places fresh wager on the housing market

America's two largest homebuilders, D.R. Horton and Lennar, get a vote of confidence from the Oracle of Omaha.

My latest for ResiClub PRO members
https://t.co/fXddDeApDq

[Real Estate News @realestatenews]

Federal lawmakers ‘finally’ taking housing concerns seriously https://t.co/swfJgY9M9n #realestatenews #realestate

[National Association of REALTORS® @nardotrealtor]

Foreign buyers purchased $56 billion worth of U.S. existing homes from April 2024 through March 2025. Learn more highlights from NAR’s 2025 International Transactions in U.S. Residential Real Estate report. https://t.co/sCWnUjALr1

[Real Estate Talk Podcast @RealEstate_Pod]

@Barchart Does this mean construction costs will lower?

[Real Estate Talk Podcast @RealEstate_Pod]

Mortgage rates are ~ 6.5% now. Needs to be in the 5’s before we see any meaningful change in demand.

[Real Estate News @realestatenews]

Mortgage rates hit 10-month low. Will buyers bite? https://t.co/6qfy7HKGZk #realestatenews #realestate

[Realtor.com @realtordotcom]

New-home prices dropped in nearly a third of major U.S. cities as builders offered more concessions and downsized floorplans to offset weak demand.

"Even with recent slowdowns in starts and permits, builders continue to deliver new homes to the market at a healthy pace,” said https://t.co/a9Jh0oIBDB Chief Economist Danielle Hale. “In many areas, these homes are not only available, they also offer better value compared to existing home inventories."

Full report: https://t.co/HeK8QsnOKw

[Jay Parsons @jayparsons]

Shelter continues to put downward pressure on inflation re-acceleration -- thanks (ironically) to yesteryear's low-rate environment ushering in a 50-year high in rental housing supply.

Rent inflation, specifically, cooled to 3.55% -- which is 17 bps BELOW the 2019 average.