The Belgian Economic Mission, led by Princess Astrid, is visiting Atlanta, Boston and New York next week. 

Nationally, the index posted its highest annual increase ever.

Most of the single-family homes are in Texas, Georgia, Alabama and Oklahoma. 

Nevertheless, home prices are expected to continue rising through the end of the year, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. 

As suburban home value growth surpasses that of urban homes, the most popular areas appear to be outside the city — with Johns Creek ranking high on the national list.

Atlanta was No. 4 for electric vehicles and No. 9 for vegan options, but its scores in the other categories brought down its overall ranking.

The rate of new single-family home sales fell 16.6% from March’s revised number, while the median sales price jumped to $450,600 from March’s revised median house price of $435,000. 

Compass made its debut on the Fortune 500 today, becoming one of the youngest companies to make the list.

The inventory of unsold homes increased in April, while the median existing-home sales price rose, according to the National Association of REALTORS®.

“Builders are responding to higher mortgage rates and are chasing rising rents, with fewer homebuyers and more renters being forced to renew their leases.” — NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun 

The release of the monthly survey from the National Association of Home Builders comes as the Biden Administration unveiled a housing-supply action plan that aims to boost the supply of affordable apartments and new homes. 

The rate of Hispanic homeownership is steadily increasing, new data from The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals shows. With 8.8 million Hispanic-owned households, more than 48% of Latinos now own homes, reflecting a continual rise since 2014.

Zillow 3D Home tours, which offer interactive, 360-degree views of listings, will now appear on Redfin automatically — with no additional steps required from agents.

Realogy Holdings Corp. is officially rebranding as Anywhere Real Estate Inc. According to a press release, the company expects to implement the rebrand by end of second quarter 2022.

Despite a slow start to the spring homebuying season, prospective buyers are showing some resiliency in the face of higher mortgage rates, as seen by two weeks in a row of increasing loan applications. 

Though the number of active U.S. listings did shrink in April, it fell by the smallest amount — 12.2% — since December 2019, according to a new monthly report from Realtor.com. And the change has left experts feeling confident.