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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 housing-market update (related to RKT) reports that U.S. pending home sales declined to 322,739 for the four weeks ending July 26, 2026, down 1.7% week over week and at the lowest level in over three months. Homebuying demand has softened as the daily average 30-year fixed mortgage rate recently reached about 6.85%, with the weekly average at 6.58%, near the highest levels in roughly a year.
According to Redfin, touring activity is up 15% from the start of 2026, compared with a 31% rise at this time in 2025, and mortgage-purchase applications fell 4% from the prior week but are up 3% year over year. The median U.S. monthly mortgage payment is $2,575, the lowest in three months, as the seasonally adjusted median asking price of $392,760 is unchanged year over year and at its lowest level in a year. There are an estimated 351,078 new listings and 1,490,916 active listings, leaving hundreds of thousands more sellers than buyers and giving many buyers more time and negotiating power.
Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), via its brokerage brand Redfin, reports that Canada-based Redfin.com users searching for U.S. homes to buy or rent fell 15.3% year over year in June, following a 10.1% decline in May and an overall ~37% drop over the last two years.
According to Redfin, Canada-based home searches declined in 45 of the 50 most populous U.S. metros, led by San Antonio (-51.8%), Austin (-48.6%), Nassau County, NY (-33.4%) and Houston (-32.5%). Searches rose in five metros, with the largest gains in Kansas City (+17.6%) and New Brunswick, NJ (+11.6%). Redfin notes its search data is an early indicator of housing demand and that searches do not necessarily translate into moves or completed home purchases.
Redfin reports that U.S. homebuyers took out 4.1% more second-home (vacation-home) mortgages in 2025 than in 2024, the first annual increase since the 2021 pandemic boom. Primary-home mortgages rose 1% year over year in 2025. The analysis uses HMDA data for 2018-2025 covering second homes, primary homes and investment properties.
Affluent buyers drive the rebound: 85% of 2025 vacation-home mortgages went to high earners with a median income of about $294,000, versus a $88,000 U.S. median household income. The typical second home was worth $515,000 in 2025, compared with $395,000 for primary homes. Second-home loans accounted for 2.7% of all 2025 mortgage originations, roughly flat with 2024 and below the 5.1% peak in 2021.
Redfin’s demographic breakdown shows most vacation-home mortgages went to white buyers (81.5%) and to Gen X–aged borrowers, especially those 45-64. Second homes were most prevalent in West Palm Beach, FL, New Brunswick, NJ and Riverside, CA, and rose year over year in 35 of the 50 largest U.S. metros.
Redfin (NASDAQ:RKT) reports that several fire-prone rural Northern California counties are losing residents, contrary to the broader U.S. trend of population gains in high-fire-risk areas. Tuolumne County recorded the largest 2025 net domestic outflow among such counties (-775), followed by Sutter (-754), Starr, TX (-603) and Lassen (-502).
The analysis uses U.S. Census domestic migration data for July 1, 2024–July 1, 2025 and First Street climate-risk scores, defining high-risk counties as those where 84.3%-99.8% of homes face high fire risk. Of 308 high-risk counties, 204 are gaining residents, led by Pinal County, AZ (+21,315) and Washington County, UT (+4,714). Redfin links outflows in isolated rural areas to higher insurance costs, limited jobs and housing, while inflow counties tend to be more affordable exurban markets with stronger economic opportunities.
Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) subsidiary Redfin reports that Nashville was the nation’s second-strongest buyer’s market in June 2026, with 129% more home sellers than buyers and over two sellers per active buyer. New listings rose 9.4% year over year and typical homes spent 78 days on market versus 49 days nationwide.
According to Redfin, Nashville’s median home price increased 2.8% year over year to just under $500,000, while sellers who cut prices reduced them by an average of 3.4%. In June, 17.7% of listings had price cuts and 13.1% of home-sale agreements were canceled. Luxury pending sales rose 24.5% year over year in May, and many builders are offering fixed mortgage rates around 4.99% plus closing-cost assistance.
Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) will release its second quarter 2026 earnings on August 6, 2026. Company leadership will discuss the results on a conference call that day at 4:30 p.m. ET. A detailed earnings press release will be published before the call, and a live webcast plus replay will be accessible via the Investor Relations section of the Rocket Companies website.
San Francisco home prices have climbed from a post–Great Recession low of $625,000 in March 2012 to $1.7 million in March 2026, crossing a $1 million gain for the first time, according to a Redfin analysis powered by Rocket (RKT). Prices rose further to $1.725 million in June 2026, about $1.01 million above the June 2012 median of $718,000, making San Francisco the priciest U.S. market.
Since the housing‑crash bottom, the median price is up 140% in San Francisco, versus 128% nationwide and 122% in New York City. June 2026 data show home prices up 9.2% year over year, sales up 23%, and new listings down 16%. Luxury segments are surging: pending luxury sales jumped 46% year over year in May, and prices in Bay Area luxury ZIP codes rose 13.4% in the two years after ChatGPT’s launch. Overall wages in San Francisco have increased 90% since 2012, lagging far behind home prices, and buyers now need nearly $300,000 in annual income to afford a typical home.
Redfin, powered by Rocket (NYSE:RKT), reports that U.S. pending home sales fell 1.3% week over week to a three-month low during the four weeks ending July 19, 2026, as weekly average mortgage rates reached an 11‑month high of 6.55%. Median sale price was $408,795, about $900 below its all-time peak, while the median monthly mortgage payment (at a 6.55% rate) was $2,618. New listings edged up 0.4% week over week but remain near their second-lowest level since early 2026, with active listings at 1.49 million and 3.4 months of supply.
According to Redfin, buyers currently have more negotiating leverage, with 20.2% of listings seeing price drops and a median 41 days on market. Metro-level data show double-digit year-over-year price gains in West Palm Beach and strong pending-sales growth in West Palm Beach and Austin, while pending sales declined sharply in Seattle and Houston.
Redfin (NASDAQ:RKT) released survey and financial analysis on the local impact of AI data centers. A May 2026 Ipsos survey of 4,000 U.S. residents found 53% oppose construction of an AI data center in their neighborhood, while 34% support it. Opposition is higher among baby boomers (65%) and Gen X (60%) than Gen Z (42%) and millennials (43%).
Redfin’s analysis of northern Virginia county finances links rapid growth in personal property tax revenue from data centers to faster increases in education spending. From 2010‑2025, personal property tax revenue per resident rose 639% in Loudoun County and 349% in Prince William County, versus 91% in Fairfax. Over the same period, education spending per resident increased 77% in Loudoun and 82% in Prince William, compared with 49% in Fairfax and 29% in Stafford. Loudoun (176 data centers) and Prince William (77) have also cut real‑property tax rates, while using expanding data‑center tax bases to support school budgets and higher teacher pay.
Redfin (NASDAQ:RKT) released survey findings showing that 36% of U.S. residents planning to move in the next year rank a “clean” home with high-end air and water filtration among their top three desired features, statistically on par with security systems at 38%.
Views rank third at 25%, followed by smart-home technology (20%) and backup power generation such as solar or generators (19%). Climate-resilient upgrades are a top-three priority for 14% of respondents, ahead of luxury amenities like home theaters (7%), outdoor kitchens (10%) and tennis courts (4%).
Clean homes rank as a top priority for 40% of Gen Z, 37% of millennials, 25% of Gen X and 35% of baby boomers, with security systems and views also highly valued across age groups.