Candi Marshall - Realtor Simply Vegas

07/26/2026

It’s time to be REAL about home prices.

07/25/2026

The Federal Home Loan Bank System is facing scrutiny from Congress, where about 40% of its member institutions currently do no mortgage lending at all.

Congress is seeking changes at the Federal Home Loan Bank System, arguing it isn't taking a proactive role in the housing crisis.

07/25/2026

The market paralysis could stretch on for as long as a year if mortgage rates remain elevated, Wachter added, noting market expectations that interest rates will be left unchanged at the Federal Reserve over the coming months.

Interest rate may even rise in the latter part of this year, futures markets showed. After a better-than-expected jobs report on Friday, the odds of a rate hike this year increased markedly, according to the CME FedWatch Tool, a measure of investor sentiment. The chances of a quarter-point rate hike in December stood at 43% as of Monday, the tool said.

"This is re-freezing the housing market," one expert said.

07/25/2026

"Mortgage rates have been going up the last several months so buyers have just thrown up their hands. That led sellers to say 'I'll just take my house off the market,'"

"This is re-freezing the housing market," one expert said.

07/25/2026

America’s first-time homebuyer is now 40 years old. A shocking new report explains why
New data shows one-third of Americans under 35 live at home as soaring home prices and rents make independence harder to afford.

New data shows one-third of Americans under 35 live at home as soaring home prices and rents make independence harder to afford.

07/25/2026

If the housing market feels stuck.

That’s because IT IS.

The math doesn’t math.

In Las Vegas homes are inflated by about 30% based on median home price compared to median household income.

Homes that are sitting and not selling come down to….. PRICE.

Until the prices correct, the housing market will remain stuck.

07/24/2026

There is nothing right or good about this.

A “starter home” used to mean small, simple, and maybe a little outdated.

Now Zillow says 242 cities in America have entry-level homes priced at $1 million or more.

That phrase should stop everybody for a second.

Because Zillow isn’t talking about mansions.

They define starter homes as homes in the lowest third of values in a given area. In plain English, that means the cheaper end of the market.

So in 242 cities, the cheap end is now seven figures.

That’s not normal.

That’s not just “people need to work harder.”

That’s not solved by skipping coffee, canceling Netflix, or packing your lunch like every financial guru with a ring light keeps saying.

Personal responsibility matters. It always has.

But there is a difference between being responsible and pretending the math has not changed.

When the bottom rung of the housing ladder costs $1 million, the problem is bigger than budgeting.

It’s supply.
It’s zoning.
It’s land costs.
It’s interest rates.
It’s investor demand.

It’s cities that spent years making it hard to build enough housing, then acted shocked when the housing that did exist became wildly expensive.

And here’s the part that really matters.

A lot of people aren’t asking for a dream home.

They’re not asking for a mansion.

They’re not asking for five bedrooms, a pool, and a view.

They’re asking for a modest place to start.

A place to raise kids.

A place where the payment doesn’t eat the whole paycheck.

A place where one generation can build what the previous generation was able to build at a much lower cost.

That’s why this hits a nerve.

Because when a starter home starts at $1 million, it stops being a starter home.

It becomes a scoreboard for how badly we’ve broken the first step.

07/24/2026

Buying a foreclosed home can be a bargain for house hunters, as the total costs banks aim to recoup on these properties average about 15% below their actual value.

07/22/2026

07/16/2026

Foreclosure filings on U.S. properties continued to climb in the first half of 2026, approaching levels not seen since 2019. More than 227,000 properties had filings during that period, a 21% increase from the same time last year. Florida led the nation with the highest rate at 0.27% of housing units, but other states saw even steeper year-over-year increases, including a 59% jump in Idaho. According to ATTOM CEO Rob Barber, this activity suggests a market that is gradually returning to more typical patterns.

Foreclosures continued to climb in the first half of the year, approaching levels that haven't been seen since 2019.