# Pending Home Sales Rise Despite Higher Mortgage Rates

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/pending-home-sales-rise-despite-higher-mortgage-rates
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/pending-home-sales-rise-despite-higher-mortgage-rates.md
Podcast: [Real Estate News: Real Estate Investing Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472)
Published: 2026-04-24T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://realwealth.com/real-estate-news-for-investors-podcast/
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/4f81dee6-e57b-48d5-94b4-33ff3032a868/nar_2.mp3?dest-id=3767799
Processing state: processed
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/episodes/pending-home-sales-rise-despite-higher-mortgage-rates
Duration seconds: 230

## Resource

Pending home sales rose in March, even as mortgage rates moved higher and gas prices climbed. In this episode, Kathy Fettke breaks down the latest housing data from Realtor.com and the National Association of Realtors , including what stronger contract activity could mean for spring closings. She also covers rising inventory, falling list prices, regional market shifts, and why the South may be best positioned for growth in 2026. If you're a real estate investor watching rates, demand, and opportunity this spring, this is an episode you won't want to miss. 📈 Visit www.Newsforinvestors.com to learn more Source: https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/pending-home-sales-index-nar-march-2026/

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/episodes/pending-home-sales-rise-despite-higher-mortgage-rates/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-news-real-estate-investing-podcast-217472/pending-home-sales-rise-despite-higher-mortgage-rates.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.