Market Trends
Housing prices, inventory levels, demand shifts, regional market differences, and the data behind where the housing market is heading.
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Home list prices slipped about 2% from a year ago, the sharpest drop in over a year as sales cool
Home sellers across the United States are cutting asking prices at the fastest pace in more than a year, with the median listing price falling...
Home prices are running 2.5% below a year ago as more listings hand buyers the upper hand
Buyers across the United States are gaining ground they have not held in years, as home prices run roughly 2.5% below where they stood a...
Home prices have fallen for eight straight months, giving buyers more room to negotiate
Buyers shopping for a home in mid-2026 are finding something that was almost unheard of two years ago: falling prices and growing room to push...
$429,300 was the typical existing-home price in May, an all-time high for the month
American homebuyers paid a record price for existing homes in May, with the national median reaching $429,300, a 1.3 percent increase from a year earlier....
The typical U.S. home sold for a record $429,300 in May, the 35th straight month prices rose from a year earlier
Homebuyers across the United States hit a new price ceiling in May, with the median existing home selling for $429,300, a record that extends an...
There are now 470,000 more home sellers than buyers, handing buyers the upper hand
Homebuyers across the United States now face a market tilted sharply in their favor, with sellers outnumbering active buyers by roughly 630,000, the largest gap...
About 308,000 homes sold in May, up 5.2% from a year ago even as prices set records
American home buyers closed on about 308,446 properties in May 2026, a 5.2 percent jump from a year earlier and the strongest monthly sales total...
The median U.S. home sold for a record $398,771 in May as buyer demand cooled
American homebuyers paid more than ever for a house in May 2026, even as fewer of them competed for listings and nearly six in ten...
34.7% of home listings now carry a price cut as buyers regain leverage
More than a third of U.S. home listings now carry a price reduction, a share that has climbed as elevated borrowing costs and fresh supply...
Only 1 in 4 homes sold above asking in May, down from a year ago as sellers lose their edge
A year ago, bidding wars were still common enough across the Mid-Atlantic that sellers could list high and expect buyers to meet them there. That...
The typical U.S. home sold for $429,300 in May
Buyers paid a median price of $429,300 for an existing home in May 2026, even as mortgage rates climbed and borrowing costs squeezed household budgets....
First-time buyers made up 35% of May home sales, the highest share since 2020
First-time home buyers grabbed their largest slice of the housing market in five years during May, accounting for 35 percent of existing-home sales as overall...
Existing-home sales rose 3.2% in May to a 4.17 million pace, with the median price at $429,300
Buyers who had been sitting on the sidelines pushed existing-home sales up 3.2% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.17 million units,...
Buyers had 4.5 months of homes to choose from in May, the most in nearly a year
Home shoppers across the United States had more room to browse in May than at any point in nearly a year. The National Association of...
Home sales climbed to a five-month high in May as listings rose to their highest level since last summer
American homebuyers got more options in May, and they responded. Existing-home sales climbed 3.2 percent from April to reach a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...
More than 162,000 Florida homes are now for sale
Florida now has more than 162,000 homes on the market, a sharp turn for a state that spent the pandemic years defined by bidding wars...
The typical Texas home lost 2.2% of its value this year
Texas homeowners watched a slice of their equity disappear over the past year as the state’s typical home value fell by 2.2 percent, according to...
Home prices around Cape Coral and Fort Lauderdale are forecast to fall 10.2% by mid-2026, the steepest drop in the country
Homeowners and prospective buyers in two of Florida’s fastest-growing metro areas face a sharp correction. Prices in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise...
Home prices nationwide are up just 2% over the past year, with several big metros now falling
American homeowners watched their equity grow at the slowest pace in years during the first quarter of 2026, as U.S. house prices rose just 1.7%...
San Francisco home prices jumped 10.9% in a year while neighboring San Jose fell 5.6% — the widest split among big metros
Homebuyers in the Bay Area are living through two sharply different markets separated by fewer than 50 miles. San Francisco home prices climbed 10.9% over...