real estateFriday, July 17, 2026
Summer 2025 isn't letting up on homebuyers. High mortgage rates, record prices, and stressed consumers are crushing affordability, and the data keeps getting worse. Meanwhile, a few bright spots emerge in Texas and for millennial buyers in Austin.
The affordability crisis is the story of the summer, and new data underscores how bad it's getting.
Pending home sales fell 5.4% in June, worse than expected. The piece pins it on a trifecta of high mortgage rates, record prices, and consumer stress, a candid diagnosis of why the market feels stuck.
Nearly 15 million U.S. homes sit vacant, but most aren't for sale. That stat reframes the 'supply shortage' narrative, it's not that homes don't exist, it's that they're not hitting the market.
WalletHub ranked 182 rental markets by affordability. Some cities see housing costs under 20% of income, but the piece doesn't name the winners, the real takeaway is how wide the gap is between best and worst.
Despite the national gloom, Texas continues to attract investment and buyers.
Austin and Houston are seeing billions in mixed-use development, with retail expanding alongside housing. A counterpoint to the national slowdown, suggesting Texas still has momentum.
Austin bounced back as a top-10 millennial magnet after falling off last year. Millennial homeownership there has more than doubled since 2018, a rare positive data point in a grim market.
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How Colorado homeowners keep making a dangerous, costly mistakewww.denverpost.com
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A Biophilic Masterpiece on Martha’s Vineyard Lists for $22.95 Milliongaleriemagazine.com
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Recent commercial real estate transaction announcements – 7/17/26biztimes.com
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Russell Wilson and Ciara Relist Their Sprawling SoCal Home for a Reduced $45 Millionrobbreport.com
The former New York Giants quarterback and R&B singer’s nine-acre Rancho Santa Fe estate is back with a $10 million price cut.
Strip mall in Waukesha sold for $7.3 millionbiztimes.com
The 118,357-square-foot Sunset Crossings strip mall, located on a 9.6-acre site at 120 E. Sunset Drive in Waukesha, has been sold for $7.3 million, according to state records. Built in 1970, and renovated in 2016, Sunset Crossings is located northeast of Sunset Drive and East Ave
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