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Agent Publishing Founder and Publisher Anne Hartnett discusses Brokerage Culture with Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty’s Val Burmester, Rachel Schindler and Dean Jones.
For its inaugural Texas Homebuying Experience Report, the association surveyed Texas Realtors about their experiences with buyer clients during the first six months of the year.
The pace of home sales, meanwhile, remained at “multi-decade lows” even as affordability reached its most favorable level since 2022.
The pace of home-price appreciation declined to its weakest pace in 10 years, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index.
The priciest new listing in Texas this past month is a $22 million estate that spans 14,341 square feet — that’s over $1,500 per square foot.
Searches for “fixer-upper” on Realtor.com in July 2025 have more than tripled in volume compared to four years ago.
The pace of new-home sales hit an annual rate of 800,000, its highest level since January 2022.
Fannie Mae also reduced its forecasts for home sales in 2025 and 2026.
The move was widely anticipated and is expected to be followed by additional cuts this year.
The jump in mortgage activity was driven in large part by refinancings, which surged 58% in the week ended Sept. 12.
At the same time, completions of new single-family homes were on the rise last month, according to federal statistics.
The National Association of Home Builders said its monthly builder-confidence survey indicated rising optimism that lower interest rates could spur new-home buying activity.
The two most expensive homes sold in Fort Worth last month were both listed by Deeann Moore of Moore Real Estate.
The surge comes as the rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to its lowest level since October 2024.
The rate of home-price appreciation slowed to just over half the rate of inflation in July, Cotality noted.
Despite the decrease in borrowing costs, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Market Composite Index showed a decrease in mortgage applications in the week ended Aug. 29.