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Rocket Companies, Inc. reports developments across a Detroit-based homeownership platform that includes mortgage, real estate, title and personal finance businesses. Recurring updates cover Rocket Mortgage loan origination and servicing activity, quarterly financial results, funding and margin trends, and integration work following completed acquisitions within its homeownership ecosystem.
Company news also includes Redfin housing-market reports, real estate search features such as Sunscore, and product activity tied to homebuyers, homeowners and agents. Additional themes include Rocket Money, Rocket Loans and Rocket Close, along with technology, data and AI initiatives used across search, origination, servicing and client engagement.
Redfin, powered by Rocket (NYSE:RKT), reported that the median U.S. monthly housing payment reached $2,633 at a 6.49% mortgage rate for the four weeks ending June 28, 2026, marking the first year-over-year increase since October.
Median sale price hit a record $408,838 (+2.5% YoY), with median asking price at $404,414 (+3.7% YoY). Mortgage-purchase applications rose 1% week over week and 3% year over year, while pending sales increased 2% year over year and 0.4% week over week. New listings grew 1.7% year over year; active listings were essentially flat (-0.1%), and months of supply stood at 3.5, below the 4–5 months considered balanced.
A Redfin-commissioned survey of 4,000 U.S. residents shows clear differences between homeowners and renters in how they view their homes. Among homeowners, 74% say their home is a reflection of who they are and 74% would rather be at home than anywhere else.
In contrast, 57% of renters say their home is “just a place to live,” versus 35% of homeowners. The survey also finds 72% of homeowners feel a sense of neighborhood belonging, and 71% have a neighbor they consider a friend, compared with 54% and 50% of renters, respectively.
Luxury U.S. home prices rose 4.7% year over year to $1,374,470 during the three months ending May 31, 2026, over triple the 1.5% gain for non-luxury homes.
Luxury pending sales increased 5.2%, new listings 1%, and prices jumped most in Tampa, Miami and Las Vegas.
Redfin (NASDAQ:RKT) reports that 19.1% of U.S. house hunters in Q1 2026 searched for homes in another metro, the highest share since 2021. Movers are largely leaving expensive coastal job hubs like New York, Seattle and Los Angeles for more affordable, sunny Sun Belt metros, especially in Florida.
Orlando, North Port, Miami, Cape Coral and Tampa rank among the top inflow markets, while New York, Seattle and Los Angeles see the largest net outflows.
A new Ipsos survey of 4,000 U.S. residents, commissioned by Redfin (powered by Rocket, NYSE:RKT), finds broad support for policies to improve housing affordability. 79% back first-time buyer tax breaks, 77% support policies to make homes more affordable, and 76% favor caps on rent increases.
Support is bipartisan: 83% of Democrats and 74% of Republicans support affordability policies, and 85% vs. 77% support first-time buyer tax breaks. The findings align with bipartisan backing for the federal ROAD to Housing Act, aimed at increasing housing supply, easing permitting, and expanding lower-cost and low-income housing.
Redfin, powered by Rocket (NYSE:RKT), reports U.S. housing activity cooling as spring 2026 ends. Seasonally adjusted new listings fell 1.7% week over week to their lowest level since February, while active listings dipped 0.4%.
The median sale price hit a record $408,814, up 2.5% year over year, with a weekly average mortgage rate of 6.47%. Pending sales rose 4.2% year over year but edged down 0.1% week over week, and the median monthly mortgage payment was $2,628. Redfin notes buyers often have leverage, with nearly half of sellers granting concessions in May.
Redfin, powered by Rocket (NYSE:RKT), reports that high-flood-risk U.S. counties lost a net 63,357 residents in 2025, nearly double 2024’s outflow of 34,099. Low-flood-risk counties gained a net 69,857 residents, the largest increase since 2018.
Miami-Dade and Harris County (Houston) saw the biggest flood-risk outflows, while St. Johns County, FL logged the largest high-risk inflow. A May 2026 Redfin/Ipsos survey found 16% of movers cite climate or natural-disaster concerns as a primary relocation reason.
Redfin, powered by Rocket (NYSE:RKT), reports that NYC suburbs and the Bay Area are spring 2026’s most competitive housing markets, based on homes selling above list price.
Newark leads major metros with 57.6% of May sales above asking, followed by San Francisco (57.3%), San Jose (53.2%) and Nassau County (51.6%). Overall, 25.8% of U.S. homes sold above list in May, while 55% sold below. Florida and Texas metros such as West Palm Beach, Miami, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Orlando and Tampa saw fewer than 10% of homes sell above asking, reflecting strong buyer’s markets and elevated inventory.
U.S. home prices rose 0.3% month over month and 2.5% year over year in May 2026 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Redfin Home Price Index. This was the fastest monthly gain since January and the quickest annual increase in six months.
Closed sales reached their highest level since 2022, supported by April’s brief mortgage-rate dip, while inventory and new listings remained relatively tight.
Redfin (NYSE:RKT) reports that sellers gave concessions in 46.2% of U.S. home sales in May, the highest May share on record, up from 43.1% a year earlier.
Concessions were most common in buyer’s markets like Nashville (75.5%) and least common in New York (2.9%). About 15.7% of sales had both a concession and a price drop.