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Realtor.com published a mortgage-rate study finding that borrowers in the same headline-rate environment can receive different rates based on their finances and lender.
The analysis covered 1,351,302 purchase loans originated from January 2023 through December 2025. If the median borrower received 7%, the middle 80% would receive rates from 6.50% to 7.43%. That spread represents about $28,400 of home price on a $2,000 monthly principal-and-interest budget. Crossing the 700 and 720 credit-score thresholds lowered rates by about 5.5 basis points each; a basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.
A typical versus very competitive retail lender differed by approximately 19 basis points, worth about $5,800 in buying power on that same budget. Moving from 15%–19% down to exactly 20% lowered rates by only about 0.7 basis points, but reaching 20% can eliminate mortgage insurance.
Realtor.com released its September 2026 housing report, showing price reductions on 20.8% of active listings as buyer activity weakened. That share rose 0.9 percentage points year over year and reached the highest September reading since 2018. Active inventory increased 5.4% year over year to 1,161,615 homes, while homes under contract declined 4.1%, the second consecutive monthly annual decline.
The national median listing price fell 1.4% year over year to $419,250, its 11th consecutive annual decline. New listings decreased 0.7% to 394,830. Homes spent a median of 61 days on the market, one day longer than August but one day fewer than a year earlier. All four regions had higher price-cut shares than a year earlier; the West had the highest at 22.8%. Realtor.com economists said higher borrowing costs were cooling demand even as available inventory increased.
NWS: New York Post Media Group and Philo announced that Philo will exclusively stream Page Six's 2026 Virtual Reali-Tea Awards.
The second annual, fan-voted ceremony will be filmed on October 6, 2026, at New York's Edison Ballroom before a live audience. It will premiere on Philo on October 9 for free and paid subscribers. The awards are Philo's first exclusively licensed original show in the awards category.
Page Six's Danny Murphy and Evan Real will host. The 2025 ceremony is already streaming for free on Philo, and voting for the 2026 awards remains open ahead of the live ceremony.
Realtor.com (NWS) reported that the typical U.S. home down payment reached $27,100 in second-quarter 2026, its lowest Q2 level since 2021.
That was 9.2% below a year earlier in dollars, while the average share of purchase price fell 0.6 percentage points to 13.7%. The median down payment had risen from $25,000 in the first quarter. It reached $28,800 in July, still 7.5% below its year-earlier level.
Using August listing prices and down payments with early September mortgage rates, estimated monthly principal and interest rose 74% from August 2021 to $2,376 in August 2026. The calculations use a 6.76% 30-year fixed rate for 2026, versus 2.88% for 2021. The estimated payment was $80 higher than in August 2025.
All four U.S. regions recorded year-over-year declines in down-payment shares in Q2. The Northeast remained highest at 18.1%, versus 11.9% in the South.
Dow Jones (NWS) has launched the WSJ Geopolitical Risk Council, an invitation-only executive community under the WSJ Leadership Institute to help global corporate leaders prepare for geopolitical shocks.
The Council, developed with Knowledge Partner Oliver Wyman, assembled at an inaugural dinner during UN General Assembly week in New York and begins with over 50 founding members from major multinationals. Members join peer-to-peer exchanges and expert briefings, meet at events such as Davos and the Munich Security Conference, and receive access to Dow Jones intelligence including the Oxford Analytica Daily Brief, the Dow Jones Crisis Monitor and curated executive briefs.
Zillow (Z) and Realtor.com launched Preview℠ listings on both platforms on Sept. 17, 2026, giving buyers simultaneous early access to pre-market homes without special logins or brokerage ties.
The collaboration is described as the largest pre-market syndication effort in U.S. residential real estate, with more than 400 brokerage partners enrolled, including major national brands. Preview homes are clearly labeled and receive enhanced placement in search results and email alerts on both sites, and buyers can save homes, contact the listing agent, pre-book tours and use the extra time to secure financing. Zillow cites survey data that 88% of Americans are at least somewhat interested in viewing pre-listed homes online. Zillow reports that Preview listings generate 18% more views, 9% more shares and 7% more saves than comparable listings in the first 14 days on market.
Realtor.com (NWS) reports that the national median asking rent for studio, one- and two-bedroom units in the 50 largest U.S. metros fell 0.9% year over year in August 2026 to $1,699, marking the 37th consecutive month of annual declines.
The median asking rent is now $65, or 3.7%, below its summer 2022 peak, but remains $227, or 15.4%, above August 2019. By unit size, August medians were $1,436 for studios (-1.2% YoY), $1,586 for one-bedrooms (-0.8%), and $1,896 for two-bedrooms (-0.9%), all still 13.1%–17.7% above 2019 levels. Rents are projected to decline 1.2% in 2026 if supply continues to outpace demand.
Concessions expanded, with 43.5% of listings offering incentives such as fee reductions or free rent, up from 40.4% a year earlier. Denver, Austin, Las Vegas, Nashville and San Antonio all exceeded 67% concession rates, while fewer than 1% of institutionally managed listings waived security deposits.
News Corp (NWS), via Realtor.com, released its first Metro Affordability & Homebuilding Report Cards, grading the 100 largest U.S. metros on current home affordability and future supply potential.
Ten metros earned A-range grades by combining relatively affordable prices with strong homebuilding. Des Moines ranked No. 1 with an A+ and total score of 83.4, driven by an affordability score of 88.3, a homebuilding score of 78.4, and a permit-to-population ratio 85% above the national average. Raleigh placed second with an A+ and a permit-to-population ratio of 2.51, while eight other metros, including Columbia, Houston, Indianapolis and Austin, also scored in the A range.
Thirteen metros received F grades. Los Angeles ranked last with a total score of 12.0, a median listing price of $1,129,415, an affordability score of 0.9, and a permit-to-population ratio less than half the national average.
News Corp (NWS), via subsidiary HarperCollins, will publish Quentin Tarantino’s second novel, THE ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH, on December 8, 2026, in hardcover, audiobook and e-book formats. The work novelizes the upcoming film The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, which opens in IMAX theaters on November 25 and streams on Netflix from December 23, and continues the story of Tarantino’s character in 1977 Hollywood.
Realtor.com (NWS) projects that the week of September 27–October 3, 2026 will be the best time to buy a home in 2026 based on historical patterns.
During this “Best Week,” buyers may see up to 31.9% more active listings than at the start of the year and listing prices about 3.5% below the seasonal peak, which could equal roughly $14,000 in savings on a median-priced home of about $416,000. Competition, measured by listing views per property, is historically 30.1% below its annual peak, and homes are expected to spend about 64 days on market, roughly 13 days longer than the year’s fastest pace. Around 5.7% of homes typically see price reductions, and fresh listings are historically 20.0% higher than at the start of the year.