During Wednesday’s FOMC press conference, Jerome Powell discussed how the economy was performing well before the trade war began and acknowledged that the tariffs were much larger than anticipated. As a result, the Fed has increased its projections for the risk of higher unemployment and inflation. 

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The global population is expected to hit nearly 9.7 billion people by 2050, but beyond that, the nature of the population itself is changing due to aging. This is expected to fuel a rise in the “global dependency ratio,” or the proportion of people ages 65 and older to those of traditional working ages.

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The Joe Velasco Group — a high-performing Silicon Valley real estate team — has joined Coldwell Banker Realty in Northern California, moving over from Intero Real Estate Services, an affiliate of HomeServices of America.

Velasco, who launched his group in 2011, has built a reputation as one of the top-producing agents in California.

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Amid higher interest rates and a tight housing market, U.S. homeowners are increasingly choosing to renovate rather than relocate — and many are doing so under financial and emotional strain, according to a newly released nationwide survey.

A report released by Block Renovation, based on responses from more than 1,000 homeowners, paints a detailed picture of the home renovation experience in 2025.

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More executive changes are happening at Keller Williams. Shortly after a large investment from Stone Point Capital and the appointment of Chris Czarnecki as CEO, Keller Williams has brought on Tim Dieffenbacher as its new chief financial officer.

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On this week’s episode of RealTrending, Tamir Poleg, CEO of The Real Brokerage, joins Tracey Velt to unpack how artificial intelligence (AI) is not just enhancing real estate — but redefining it.

Poleg explains how Real is embedding AI into the company’s core functions, using tools that handle thousands of agent inquiries daily and power automated broker reviews.

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A coalition of more than 100 consumer, housing and civil rights advocates have submitted a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, “strongly” opposing the department’s 2025 Interim Final Rule that changes the scope of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule re-initialized during the administration of Former President Joe Biden.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Rural Housing Service (RHS) has implemented a final rule that allows for the financing of manufactured homes through the RHS Single Family Housing (SFH) Direct Loan Program and the SFH Guaranteed Loan Program.

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A former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) official is making explosive claims that the federal government secretly spent $21 trillion building a vast underground network of bunkers, “city infrastructure,” and transportation, allegedly designed to protect elites in the event of a catastrophic disaster.

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