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Housing Market News 2 September 2025 - 18 November 2025

Rocket Companies Stock Blasts Off After $14B Mega-Merger – Will RKT Keep Soaring?

RKT Stock Today (Nov. 18, 2025): Rocket Companies Trades Higher as Housing, Spending and Insider-News Collide

Rocket Companies Inc. (NYSE: RKT) is back in the spotlight today as investors digest a fresh batch of U.S. housing-market data from Redfin, new consumer-spending survey results from Rocket Mortgage and Redfin, and headlines about insider selling by a key director — all against the backdrop of a still‑elevated mortgage‑rate environment. As of around 12:30 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, RKT stock is trading near $16.71, up roughly 1.8% from Monday’s close of $16.42, on intraday volume of just over 10 million shares. Yahoo Finance That puts Rocket’s share price comfortably above its 52‑week low of $10.06 set
18 November 2025
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Zillow Stock Soars on Rental Boom and AI Buzz: Latest Earnings, Analyst Takes, and 2025 Outlook

Zillow Raises Red Flag: Hidden Homeownership Costs Near $16,000 As Mortgage Rates Hold Around 6.3%

The American dream of owning a home just got more expensive. As of Sunday, November 16, 2025, new data from Zillow and Thumbtack show that the “hidden” costs of homeownership now average $15,979 per year nationwide — about $1,325 a month on top of the mortgage payment, rising faster than household incomes.  Zillow Group Investors+2PR Newswire+2 At the same time, 30‑year fixed mortgage rates are hovering around 6.28% today, barely budging over the past week, keeping affordability under pressure for buyers already stretched by taxes, insurance, and maintenance.  Bankrate+2Freddie Mac+2 And for first‑time buyers, a fresh November feature on GOBankingRates warns that many new owners are blindsided by five
16 November 2025
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Buyers Bet on Falling Mortgage Rates as 2025 Housing Market Hits Standstill – Will Relief Come?

Buyers Bet on Falling Mortgage Rates as 2025 Housing Market Hits Standstill – Will Relief Come?

Buyers Pin Hopes on a Rate Drop, But Patience Wears Thin Despite sky-high home prices and a two-year slump in sales, homebuyer optimism is oddly resilient – largely because so many buyers are betting that mortgage rates have to come down soon. Consumer surveys show a majority of Americans expect borrowing costs to ease in the near future prnewswire.com. After all, 30-year mortgage rates have finally edged down from their 7%+ peak earlier in the year to around 6.2%–6.3% recently ts2.tech, which feels like progress. In fact, this month rates briefly hit 6.27%, the lowest level in about a year
23 October 2025
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Opendoor’s Wild 2025 Ride: Meme-Stock Surge, Crypto Pivot & Housing Hopes – What’s Next for OPEN?

Opendoor’s Wild 2025 Ride: Meme-Stock Surge, Crypto Pivot & Housing Hopes – What’s Next for OPEN?

From Penny Stock to Meme Superstar: The 2025 Stock Surge Opendoor’s stock chart in 2025 has been nothing short of astounding. After starting the year under $1 per share, OPEN exploded into one of the year’s top gainers by early autumn ts2.tech. A speculative frenzy over the summer sent shares from about $0.50 in June to over $10 by mid-September (+1,600%) ts2.tech – a rally reminiscent of GameStop’s heyday. This meteoric rise briefly gave Opendoor a mid-cap valuation near $6 billion ts2.tech and turned it into a social-media phenomenon. At one point, Yahoo Finance noted the stock was up +369% year-to-date,
23 October 2025
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Mortgage Rates Hit 2025 Low at 6.27% – Will They Finally Dip Below 6%?

Mortgage Rates Hit 2025 Low at 6.27% – Will They Finally Dip Below 6%?

Mortgage Rates Near One-Year Low After Fed’s First Cut Mortgage rates have dipped to their lowest levels in about a year, offering American homebuyers a measure of relief after the steep run-up of the past two years. Freddie Mac’s latest survey shows the average 30-year fixed rate at 6.27%, down from 6.3% last week foxbusiness.com. This is just above the year’s low (around 6.26%) reached a month ago and the lowest since early October 2024 apnews.com. By comparison, rates were roughly 6.44% a year ago and had peaked just above 7% in January apnews.com, so borrowing costs are off their
17 October 2025
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Champion Homes (SKY) – Booming Modular Home Titan Defies Housing Headwinds

Champion Homes (SKY) – Booming Modular Home Titan Defies Housing Headwinds

Company Overview and Background Champion Homes (formerly Skyline Champion) is a leading producer of factory-built housing (manufactured and modular homes, park models, and ADUs) in the U.S. and Canada businesswire.com. The company’s lineage dates back to the 1950s, and through mergers (the 2018 Skyline–Champion combination) it now encompasses famous brands like Skyline Homes, Genesis, Champion Home Builders, and others businesswire.com. Headquartered in Troy, Michigan, Champion employs roughly 9,000 people and operates 46–48 manufacturing plants across North America ir.championhomes.com ir.championhomes.com. It builds homes for single-family, multi-family, and hospitality markets, and complements manufacturing with services: on-site installation, its Star Fleet trucking arm,
7 October 2025
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Thailand Real Estate Market 2025: Boom Times or Bubble? Surprising Trends Unveiled Across Bangkok, Phuket & Beyond

Thailand Real Estate Market 2025: Boom Times or Bubble? Surprising Trends Unveiled Across Bangkok, Phuket & Beyond

Key Facts Introduction: A Market at a Crossroads Thailand’s real estate industry in 2025 is navigating a post-pandemic crossroads – with certain sectors booming and others facing headwinds. On one hand, tourists and foreign investors are back in force, filling hotels and snapping up condos in beach towns. Industrial parks in the Eastern Economic Corridor are buzzing with new factories. On the other hand, developers in Bangkok are treading carefully, scaling back new housing projects amid oversupply and higher borrowing costs. The overall picture is one of resilience: the property market is recovering from the COVID-era slump, but growth is
2 September 2025
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