How they work and the pros and cons for buyers and sellers Jean Folger has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer covering real estate, investing, active trading, the economy, and ...

New contracts for home purchases are coming in very low this month. We counted 10% fewer home sales for the week than the same week a year ago. In the fourth quarter of 2024, sales were coming in ...

Xcel Energy is considering new financial protections for utility customers after it sold land for $7.7 million to a company that flipped it several months later, selling it to Amazon for $73.5 million ...

Such so-called pending sales are an indicator of future closings and the most current indicator of activity in the market.

The Pending Home Sales Index, which tracks contract signings on existing homes, dropped 5.5% from November to 74.2, snapping a four-month streak of gains, according to the National Association of ...

The housing market took a dramatic shift to round out 2024 as pending home sales decreased to 5.5% in December. “Buyers ...