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Realtor.com (NASDAQ:NWSA) has updated its 2025 housing market forecast, revealing a continued challenging environment for homebuyers. The report projects home sales to decline 1.5% to 4 million units in 2025, below 2024's 4.06 million units, marking the slowest pace since 1995.

Key forecasts include mortgage rates averaging 6.7% for 2025, with a year-end target of 6.4%, and home prices expected to rise by 2.5%, slower than 2024's growth. The market is showing signs of rebalancing with a 4.6 months' supply of homes, the highest since 2016, while inventory is projected to increase by 16.9% year-over-year.

Notable trends include a 47% surge in delistings over the 12 months ending in May, and continuing rental market softness with rents declining 2.1% over the last year.

News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) has scheduled its fourth quarter and full year Fiscal 2025 earnings release for Tuesday, August 5, 2025. CEO Robert Thomson and CFO Lavanya Chandrashekar will host a live audio webcast at 5:00 p.m. EDT (7:00 a.m. AEST on August 6 in Sydney) to discuss the results.

The earnings release will be available on the company's investor relations website before the call. Investors can access the webcast through a registration link, and a replay will be made available shortly after the call concludes.

Realtor.com (NASDAQ:NWSA) released a comprehensive analysis of how federal land could impact America's housing shortage. The study reveals that while 10 million acres of land would be needed to build 4 million homes, the solution faces significant geographical limitations.

The research highlights that while federal land comprises 640 million acres (nearly 25% of U.S. landmass), it's predominantly located in Alaska and Western U.S., far from the Northeast where housing shortages are most severe. The Northeast alone faces an 830,000-home deficit as of 2024, yet contains minimal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land.

Development density significantly impacts potential housing yield, ranging from 61 units per acre in Manhattan to 1 unit per 5 acres in Las Vegas' Clark County. Realtor.com emphasizes that solving the housing crisis requires comprehensive reforms, including zoning changes and infrastructure investment.

Realtor.com (NASDAQ:NWSA) released its June 2025 Rental Report showing that while renting remains more affordable than buying in 49 of 50 largest U.S. metros, the gap is narrowing. The median asking rent decreased 2.1% year-over-year to $1,711, marking 23 consecutive months of annual declines.

The average monthly savings for renters versus buyers now stands at $908, down $48 from last year. Austin leads with the largest renter savings, where buying costs 114.7% more than renting. Only Pittsburgh remains more affordable for buyers than renters. Notable shifts include San Jose, where the renting advantage decreased by $349 year-over-year, and Memphis, which flipped from favoring buying to favoring renting.

Dow Jones Newswires (NASDAQ:NWS) has launched an AI-powered French Language Service, expanding its global financial news delivery capabilities. The service will translate 500-1,000 daily stories from Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal into French in real-time.

The translation system combines multi-agent AI workflow with human editorial oversight, featuring built-in controls and quality measures. The service targets wealth managers, institutional investors, and trading platforms serving French-speaking clients, offering coverage across various financial markets including equities, bonds, FX, and commodities.

This initiative follows successful implementations in Korean and Japanese markets, with existing translators being upskilled for prompt engineering and quality assurance roles.

News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA) has announced a new $1 billion stock repurchase program, supplementing its existing program which has $303 million remaining from the September 2021 authorization. The total buyback authorization now stands at $1.3 billion.

The company plans to accelerate share repurchases following its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter earnings release in early August. The program has no time limit and will include both Class A and Class B common stock purchases. CEO Robert Thomson highlighted that the stock is trading significantly below its intrinsic value and emphasized the company's strong financial position, citing its four most profitable years from fiscal 2021 to 2024.

Realtor.com (NASDAQ:NWSA) released a comprehensive report showing that 58.9% of home shoppers in the top 100 U.S. metros searched for properties outside their current metro area in Q2 2025, marking an 11 percentage point increase from 2019.

The report highlights significant trends, with San Jose leading outbound searches at 93.7%, followed by Washington D.C. (86.4%) and Seattle (80.5%). Former pandemic boomtowns like Phoenix and Spokane are experiencing declining popularity, while cities like Portland, San Francisco, and Houston have gained resident loyalty. The Western U.S. showed the highest out-of-market search activity at 65.1%, while the Northeast experienced the largest six-year increase, jumping from 45.4% to 58.8%.

Realtor.com® (NASDAQ:NWSA) has acquired Zenlist, a real estate technology company specializing in agent-client collaborative search tools. Founded in 2016, Zenlist's platform is currently used by multiple MLSs, brokerages, and over 35,000 agents.

The acquisition aligns with Realtor.com®'s strategy to create a more connected and transparent real estate marketplace. Zenlist's mobile-first platform offers collaboration tools, a consumer interface, and real-time listing updates without requiring additional technology investment from MLSs or brokers.

The deal will integrate Zenlist's employees into Move, Inc./Realtor.com®'s team, though financial terms remain undisclosed.

Realtor.com (NASDAQ:NWSA) released its June 2025 Housing Trends Report, revealing a complex market dynamic where active inventory rose 28.1% year-over-year, reaching a post-pandemic high. However, seller delistings increased 47% from the previous year, indicating growing seller hesitation in the current market environment.

The report shows that median listing prices held steady at $440,950, up just 0.1% year-over-year, while 20.7% of listings saw price reductions - the highest June level in nearly a decade. The median days on market increased to 53 days, five days longer than last year. The ratio of delistings to new listings reached 13% this spring, significantly higher than previous years, suggesting a growing trend of sellers choosing to wait out the market rather than adjust prices.