What’s Up with Real Estate? National news and local views for the week ending Friday, March 28, 2025

National Real Estate News Price growth accelerates The Case-Shiller national home price index started 2025 with a bang: +0.6% month-over-month growth in January. Eight of the 20 big city indexes also saw an acceleration in price growth. Only one big city saw a MoM decline (Tampa, but the drop wa

What’s Up with Real Estate? National news and local views for the week ending Friday, March 21, 2025

National Real Estate News Fed extends 'pause' The Federal Reserve voted to keep short-term interest rates steady on March 19. (They last cut rates in December 2024.) They did, however, lower their 2025 GDP growth expectations (from +2.1% YoY --> +1.7% YoY) and also announced a further reductio

What’s Up with Real Estate? National news and local views for the week ending Friday, March 14, 2025

National Real Estate News More inflation progress Both “headline” and “core” (ex-food & fuel) CPI rose by only 0.2% month-over-month in February 2025. As a result, annual “headline” inflation dropped from +3.0% YoY in January → +2.8% YoY in February. Similarly, annual “core” inflation eased from