The Signal – February 20, 2026 https://youtu.be/DBlNdXFMLJk The Fed’s January meeting minutes revealed something the headline didn’t mention — and it should change how you’re managing your pipeline heading into spring. Some members raised the possibility of rate hikes. Two voting members wanted to cut. The committee called its own forward path “genuinely uncertain.” That’s
Affordability Is at a Four-Year High. Why Aren’t Buyers Acting? The data released this week from NAR contains a number that should be generating a lot more conversation than it is. The Housing Affordability Index hit 116.5 in January — its highest reading since March 2022. For context, that index measures whether the median household
The Compass/Zillow Fight Isn’t About Private Listings. It’s About Who Owns the Consumer. The coverage of last week’s Compass/Zillow ruling mostly treated it as a real estate procedural update. Injunction denied. Zillow policy stands. Compass appealing. Legal case continues. That framing is accurate and almost entirely misses the point. What played out in a New
