Real Estate Reality Check: Rates, Expectations & Tough Truths – Newsmakers At Noon 4/14/26

About this episode

The episode features insights on the current housing market with a focus on mortgage trends and job changes affecting home buying.

🏡 Today’s Real Estate Insights featured Amy McLeod with The McLeod Group at Keller Williams and Elizabeth Smith with The Smith Mortgage Team—bringing straight talk about today’s housing market. 💰 Elizabeth kicked things off with the latest on mortgage trends, including an important reminder: a job change doesn’t automatically disqualify you from buying a home. […]

People in this episode

Guests: Amy McLeod, Elizabeth Smith

Topics covered

• real estate
• mortgage trends
• housing market

Keywords

• housing market
• mortgage
• job change

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Keller Williams, The Smith Mortgage Team

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