Almost 14 million homes are expected to be released by aging Americans into the market over the course of the next decade. This mass wave of relinquishment, sometimes termed the “Silver Tsunami,” may bring hope for a woefully under-supplied housing market and thereby also relieve some of the affordability pressures that have weighed on the…
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…
Realtor.com has announced the launch of RealAssist AI in Realtor.com+, an AI-powered layer designed to set busy real estate professionals up for success by helping them work faster, stay ahead of client activity and take action with more confidence, without losing time to manual busywork, according to a release. Realtor.com noted that since its January…
Realtor.com announced that the ‘Let America Build’ campaign put on a first-of-its-kind mobile activation highlighting the national housing supply crisis in Boston, driving a glass house mounted on a truck through the city streets, symbolizing America’s staggering 4.03 million-home supply gap. According to a release, the campaign aims to inform the public, elevate housing supply…
Zillow® and Realtor.com® have announced that Preview℠ listings are now live on both sites. No special login or brokerage relationship required, the same early access is available for every buyer on both platforms starting today. The collaboration was originally announced in May, set to bring pre-market homes to buyers across the two of the most-visited…
From portal giants to brokerages, associations, lenders, nonprofits, industry media outlets and more, colleagues from across the real estate industry today came together to launch “Let America Build,” a national public awareness campaign grounded on a simple premise: If America wants more homes, America must build more homes. According to a release detailing the new…
Libra homeshoppers may celebrate more than just their birthday this upcoming astrological season, as the housing market may have favorable conditions for prospective buyers in the coming weeks. In the 2026 edition of its report, Realtor.com® states that the best time for buyers to purchase a home is the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3. The…
After holding the top spot as the hottest housing market for two consecutive months, Hartford, Connecticut, has been dethroned by a midsize Midwest metro in Rockford, Illinois, in the August 2026 Hottest Housing Markets report by Realtor.com®. Previously, Rockford sat in 10th place for June’s report, while Hartford ranked in first place for June and…
Delistings—the “ultimate sign of a non-functioning market,” according to Realtor.com®—appear to be slowing down as summer is coming to close, according to a new report by the portal. Realtor.com’s August 2026 Monthly Housing Trends Report found that delistings fell 12.6% year-over-year, and saw no “notable” spike in either July or August. The “quit rate” (delistings…
Newly released data suggests more home shoppers are looking outside their local markets–in some cases far afield–to find more affordable properties or for greater job opportunities. According to Realtor.com’s latest Cross Market Demand Report, three in five home views on Realtor.com from the 100 largest U.S. metros went to listings outside those markets in the…
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