Existing-home sales increased by 1.5% month-over-month and decreased by 2.2% year-over-year, according to the National Association of Realtors®’ (NAR) Existing-Home Sales report. The report provides the real estate ecosystem, including agents, homebuyers and sellers, with data on the level of home sales, price and inventory. Month-over-month sales increased in the South and West, held steady…
Higher mortgage rates are reshaping the fall housing market, pushing more sellers to reduce prices while fewer buyers move forward with a purchase, according to the recently released Realtor.com® September 2026 Monthly Housing Trends Report. The share of active listings with a price reduction rose to 20.8% in September, up 0.9 percentage points from a…
Agents and brokers are likely to continue encountering hesitant consumers, as the University of Michigan reports that preliminary sentiment dropped for the second month in a row on Sept. 11. The consumer sentiment index—which utilizes personal finances, business conditions and buying conditions to measure consumers’ attitudes toward the overall economy—now sits at 47.8 as a…
Existing-home sales fell at a faster rate in the latest report by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) on Thursday. For August, existing-home sales decreased by 2% on a month-over-month basis and at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.98 million. This marks the third consecutive month of declining sales, as July reported a decrease…
As largely expected, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its March Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, leaving the federal funds rate unchanged at a rate of 3.5% – 3.75%—the same level established following December’s quarter-point cut. There was a singular dissenting vote from Stephen I. Miran, who preferred to lower the target…
The presence of institutional investors in the single-family housing market has been a lightning rod for controversy. In January 2026, President Trump issued an executive order calling for Congress to take action to limit these investors, and the comprehensive 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (passed by the Senate) includes provisions limiting those investors. However,…
U.S. housing supply continued to grow this past January, but the recovery lost momentum as inventory moved further away from pre-pandemic norms, according to Realtor.com®’s January Monthly Housing Report. These trends signal renewed supply constraints even as prices remained largely flat nationwide. Active listings increased 10% year-over-year, extending a streak of inventory gains to 27…
The National Association of Realtors®’ (NAR) latest report, released today, revealed a significant rebound in existing-home sales for December 2025, marking the strongest seasonally adjusted performance in nearly three years. The month saw existing-home sales increase 5.1% from the prior month, signaling improved market conditions after a challenging year marked by record-high home prices and…
Don’t rely on national housing market headlines to understand your local market; that’s the key takeaway from Realtor.com®’s December monthly housing report, which reveals how dramatically individual metros diverged from broader trends throughout 2025. The report introduces a new framework for understanding these local differences: “benchmarkets” versus outliers. Benchmarkets are metros whose inventory and price…
A down payment on a home is a crucial part of the financial hurdle that homebuyers need to pass before they can think of closing, but in the current market, how long of a wait is that? According to the latest report from Realtor.com®, the current average for saving for a down payment on a…
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