Women + Real Estate™

Women earn 82 cents for every dollar men earn. But more single women own homes in the U.S. than single men — a reversal that's been quietly building since the early 2000s. This week on Women + Real Estate™: the market intelligence behind the number. Rates ticked up to 6.11% and buyers kept moving. February existing-home sales confirmed January's dip was weather, not trend. The Senate passe...

Something shifted this week. Not dramatically — but meaningfully. Mortgage rates are holding at 6.00%, near a three-year low. The prediction market resolved: traders had placed a 98.5% probability on U.S. home values landing between $420,000 and $425,000 by March 1. Parcl Labs confirmed $420,940. The market called it again — across six cities. In this episode: The rental window is open earlier tha...

Something significant happened this week. Not one thing — two. Mortgage rates dropped below 6% for the first time in three and a half years. And a prediction market tracking where U.S. home values would land as of March 1 — with 95.1% confidence — resolves tomorrow. In this episode, we break down what both signals mean for renters, buyers, and investors — and why the window to act may be shorter t...

This week's housing data reveals a market frozen in contradiction. Mortgage rates fell again—now at 6.01%, the lowest since September 2022. Refinance applications more than doubled. The rental market officially tipped in favor of tenants, with 44 of 50 major metros now renter-friendly. An additional 5.5 million households qualify for mortgages at today's rates compared to a year ago. And yet: pend...

The Week: Market Intelligence for February 8-14, 2026 The market just got complicated—and that's exactly when knowing the numbers matters most. Home sales dropped 8.4%. Vacancy hit record highs. Landlords are offering concessions at levels we haven't seen in years. But mortgage rates fell to a three-year low, affordability improved for the seventh consecutive month, and institutional inves...

Sarah offered $400,000. She waived the inspection. Added an escalation clause to $410,000. She lost to a cash buyer who paid $380,000. Twenty thousand dollars less than her losing bid. Three weeks later, Sarah won her second bidding war—paid $398,000, beat four other offers including a $405,000 cash buyer. How? She stopped competing on price and started competing on terms. This week: How a 28-year...

At 11 PM, Maya sat at her kitchen table doing different math. Not rent math. Future math. She'd found the Opportunity Atlas—a website showing what happens to children who grow up in each neighborhood. She typed in her address. Then the cheaper apartment she'd considered to save money. The numbers that appeared weren't about rent. They were about her daughters' statistical futures....

Maya stared at the email for the third time. Subject line: "Lease Renewal Notice." Her rent was jumping from $1,200 to $1,500—$300 beyond her Section 8 voucher. $3,600 a year she didn't have. Everyone told her the same thing: "Section 8 landlords don't negotiate. Take it or leave it. You should be grateful to have housing at all." This week: How a single mother with a v...

Five women. Five "impossible" negotiations. One framework. Maya was told Section 8 landlords don't negotiate. Sarah thought she needed six more years to save a down payment. Rebecca believed 6% commission was standard. Aisha almost let $12,000 in repairs go to avoid seeming "difficult." Maria heard commercial leases are non-negotiable. This week: Meet the five women who hea...

Welcome to the first episode of Women + Real Estate™—where we help you get past the gatekeepers. Picture this: Mortgage broker's office. Fluorescent lights. Acronyms flying. That sinking feeling in your stomach? That's the first wall. This week: Why 6% isn't the enemy, why waiting for 3% is a fantasy that costs money, and how five women negotiated "impossible" deals. The ques...