Weekly Roundup News and Stats

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Weekly Roundup News and Stats
Your weekly news & updates
Here is this week’s “Weekly Roundup” from Real Estate Investing Today, the news & views site from the National Real Estate Investors Association.
Existing Home Sales Drop 2.7% in June

The National Association of Realtors is reporting that existing home sales were down 2.7% in June, 2025 to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 3.93 million.  Click here to read more.
New Home Sales Up Slightly in June

The U.S. Government is reporting that sales of new single-family houses in June, 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 627k, which is 0.6% higher than May’s revised rate but is 6.6% lower than one year ago.  Click here to read more.
Foreclosure Activity Up Slightly in First Half of 2025

According to ATTOM’s Mid-Year 2025 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, there were a total of 187,659 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings (default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions) in the first six months of 2025.  Click here to read more.

 
Top 10 Cities with Biggest Self Storage Sales Volumes

According to recent data from StorageCafe, the self storage sector continues to attract investor attention with transaction volume in Q1 2025 reaching $855 million, up 37% from one year ago.  Click here to read more.
Zillow Says Saying Yes to Pets Pays Off for Landlords
Zillow says saying yes to Fido or Mittens can help landlords lease faster.  They say recent data show that rental listings on their site allowing pets are typically leased eight days faster than those that don’t.  Click here to read more.

 
Father & Son in Real Estate – 80 Years of Wisdom and Lessons Learned

On a recent episode of the Rent Perfect podcast David Pickron is joined by a very special guest—his father, Bill.  With over 80 years of life experience and decades of investing under his belt, Bill shares timeless wisdom on what it’s like investing in real estate across generations.  Click here to read more.
Cotality Says Single-Family Rents Continue to Rise

According to the latest Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI), U.S. single-family home rental prices increased 3.1% year over year in May, 2025.  Click here to read more.
Multifamily Construction Reaches 38-year High in 2024

According to recent Census data analyzed by the NAHB’s Eye on Housing, in 2024 completed multifamily units recorded their highest level since 1986 coming in at 608k units.  Click here to read more.
State by State Foreclosure Activity

Infographic: In a post earlier this week, we learned that foreclosure activity was up slightly during the first half of 2025.  Today’s graphic from ATTOM illustrates that foreclosure activity by state as well identifying the top 10 states.  Click here to read more.
Check out the latest issue of reiaSENSE

Check out the latest issue of reiaSENSE, National REIA’s monthly government affairs publication. Click here to download.

 

 
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