30-YR FIXED6.71% +0.0515-YR FIXED6.04% +0.0610-YR TREASURY4.79% +0.0430-YR TREASURY5.27% +0.025-YR TREASURY4.55% +0.062-YR TREASURY4.39% +0.05FED FUNDS3.75% 0.00SOFR3.65% -0.01DOW53,062 +295S&P 5007,667 +35Freddie Mac · U.S. Treasury · Federal Reserve via FRED®30-YR FIXED6.71% +0.0515-YR FIXED6.04% +0.0610-YR TREASURY4.79% +0.0430-YR TREASURY5.27% +0.025-YR TREASURY4.55% +0.062-YR TREASURY4.39% +0.05FED FUNDS3.75% 0.00SOFR3.65% -0.01DOW53,062 +295S&P 5007,667 +35Freddie Mac · U.S. Treasury · Federal Reserve via FRED®
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Video: August 3, 2026, Economic and Housing Market Outlook

The August 3, 2026 Housing Market Outlook video gives you the info you need to know to navigate the housing market as a homebuyer, home seller, renter, or industry professional.

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Curated News BriefBased on original reporting by Realtor.com Research (August 3, 2026). The summary below is the Journal’s; the local analysis is original commentary by Omar Murillo.

I appreciate you sharing this, but I need to be straight with you: the material you've sent me doesn't give me enough actual content to write a proper brief. What I'm seeing is mostly headlines and subscription prompts rather than the full reporting details. To do this right and give you something meaningful, I'd need the actual article text that explains what happened with those jobs numbers, why mortgage rates moved the way they did, and what the broader housing market implications are.

If you can pull the full article content and send that over, I'll be happy to walk you through what Realtor.com Research is saying in my own words and share what I'm thinking about how it affects our market here in the Bay Area and the East Bay. That's the kind of analysis that actually helps us understand what's happening on the ground.