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Realtor.com (NWS) published a report showing that small mortgages have become less common, limiting financing options for buyers of lower-priced homes. Loans under $100,000 represented more than 12% of originations in 2013–14, versus less than 3% in 2025 and 2026. Homes purchased for $150,000 or less fell from 36.7% of sales in 2013 to 8.8% in 2026.
Small-mortgage buyers had an average credit score of 737 in 2026, compared with 736 for all buyers. Their median down payment was 34.4%, versus 14.6% for all purchases, yet they consistently paid higher mortgage rates. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act authorizes a four-year FHA pilot intended to offset fixed costs for small loans, directs study of compensation and fee limits, and includes appraisal reforms intended to reduce costs and delays.
News Corp (NWS) announced that Sean Giancola is stepping down as Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of New York Post Media Group. A search for a new CEO is underway, and Giancola has agreed to remain with the Post through early next year to support the transition.
During his leadership, the group returned to profitability after years of losses and shifted to a digital-first approach. Giancola also oversaw the West Coast expansion through the launch of The California Post and the launch of Page Six Hollywood. He joined the Post in 2015 as Chief Revenue Officer.
Realtor.com (NWS) launched RealAssist AI within Realtor.com+, adding tools designed to help real estate agents manage client setup and daily workflows. The new layer generates tailored home searches, summarizes client activity in a daily digest, and recommends actions such as refining searches or drafting messages.
Other updates include Realtors Property Resource integration, group invitation links and listing notes. Since its January 2026 debut, Realtor.com+ has reached up to 10% agent adoption in live markets. The platform is live in 21 markets, with four more launching soon, serving more than 192,000 agents nationwide and spanning nearly 252,000 listings.
Realtor.com projects Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation will release 13.9 million owner-occupied homes over the next decade. Its research estimates homes owned by these generations will fall from 36.7 million to 22.8 million by 2036. The projected releases are 74% above what the same generations released over the past decade, and 34% above releases by older households over that period.
The forecast includes 9.9 million family homes with three or four bedrooms, 3.6 million homes with five or more bedrooms, and just 0.38 million starter homes with up to two bedrooms. Realtor.com expects the gradual turnover will not eliminate the nation's 4 million-home shortage alone; price relief would concentrate in family and large homes and slower-growing markets rather than produce a nationwide drop. Boomers are expected to become the largest source of released homes around 2029, with the peak likely after 2036.
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.