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Housing prices, inventory levels, demand shifts, regional market differences, and the data behind where the housing market is heading.
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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...
Seattle home prices fell 2.5% in a year, the biggest drop of any major U.S. metro, with listings up 39%
Seattle homebuyers gained ground this spring as the city recorded a 2.5 percent year-over-year decline in home prices, the steepest drop among major U.S. metros,...
Housing inventory keeps rising, yet homes are selling faster than a year ago
Homebuyers signed contracts on more properties this spring than at any point in the past year, even as the number of homes available for sale...
More homes are for sale than before the pandemic in 15 states
Homebuyers in fifteen states now have more properties to choose from than they did before the pandemic upended the housing market, a shift driven largely...
National home prices are up just 0.4% in a year, with declines spreading across the South
Homeowners and prospective buyers across the Sun Belt are facing a new reality: national single-family home prices grew just 0.4% year-over-year in April 2026, and...
San Francisco home prices rose 8.1% in three months while metro New York fell 2.3%
San Francisco metro home prices surged 8.1 percent over three months, the sharpest quarterly gain in eight years, while metro New York prices dropped 2.3...
Silver hit $121 an ounce this year, near a record — AI data centers and solar panels are devouring more than miners can dig out of the ground
When silver futures on the COMEX settled above $121 an ounce in the opening weeks of 2026, the price had more than doubled in barely...
For the first time in 2026, more homes are hitting the market than selling — handing buyers the most negotiating power they’ve had since the pandemic
For most of the past five years, house hunting in America felt like showing up to an auction with nothing but a bidder number and...