Pending home sales sink to record low

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BREAKING — Mortgage Professional America reports that pending home sales have fallen to a record low, with buyers pulling back across all 50 major metros as monthly payments hover near record levels and continue to stall activity throughout the US housing market.

For investors and self-employed borrowers watching this landscape, the retreat of traditional buyers reshapes what opportunity looks like. loantrust.ai operates directly in this space, structuring financing around property cash flow through DSCR programs rather than personal income documentation, while also offering bank-statement qualification, bridge financing, fix-and-flip capital, and new-construction or multifamily funding. Each file is packaged by one licensed MLO, not routed through a call center, which means the strategy conversation happens with the same person who understands the investor's position.

In a market where conventional buyers are sidelined by payment shock, the investors still able to move are the ones with financing built for the conditions they actually face. That distinction matters when the difference between stalled and proceeding comes down to whether the lender can underwrite the deal in front of them.