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Realtor.com reports, "Home loan applications slightly ticked up 1.1% for the second week, but are trending lower than last week when overall applications increased 11%.

The latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey shows a 1.1% increase on mortgage loan application volume on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. The refinance index decreased 0.4% from the prior week but was 44% higher than the same week one year ago.

"The most notable change in this week's data was the increase in purchase applications, which jumped 2.3% on a weekly basis and were up 18% year over year," says Hannah Jones, senior economic research analyst at Realtor.com®. "The spring housing market is picking up, and…

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March 2025 had most housing inventory in the month of March since 2020, according to Zillow. DREAMPICTURES | GETTY IMAGES

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Austin Business Journal shares, "Dallas tends to top the country on a lot of metrics, and it can count new housing supply as another feather in its cap.

The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex experienced a 27% growth in new housing from 2010 to 2023, or 9% higher than its predicted growth of 18%, according to a new study by the George W. Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative. It's also much higher than the average metro growth rate of 15%.

Although DFW is becoming more expensive as more jobs and people move there, its new housing supply is helping to keep home prices and rents…

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The spring housing market is off to a sluggish start, with economic uncertainty casting a shadow over traditionally busy homebuying months.

Austin Business Journal writes, "Like much else about the U.S. economy, tariffs and broader uncertainty are weighing on home sales amid the industry's crucial spring season.

In March, more than 375,000 homes were newly listed on the market — an increase of nearly 9% compared to the same time last year, according to Zillow Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ZG) research. But newly pending sales were flat compared to last year, despite slightly lower average mortgage rates in March 2025 compared to a year ago.

That's despite several aspects of the market — including price cuts hitting their highest point in at least seven years — shifting to favor buyers.

Inventory rose to 1.15 million homes in March, an increase of 19% from last year and the most inventory…

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