The typical U.S. home seller realized a 44.1% return in the first quarter of 2026, down from 47.2% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 50.2% a year earlier, according to ATTOM. The national median sale price held at $360,000, unchanged from the prior quarter. Sellers are still making substantial money. They are simply making … Read more
First-half home sales in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area rose 4.8% to 15,698 while the median price fell 2.4% to $425,000, according to Unlock MLS. June pending sales climbed 13.2%, and active listings within the city of Austin fell 22.1% to 4,665. Sales up, prices down, inventory sharply lower β that combination describes a market … Read more
A record 242 U.S. cities now have typical starter homes worth at least $1 million, up from 226 in 2025 and just 80 in February 2020, according to Zillow. California accounts for 105 of them. The national typical starter home is worth $198,649 β a figure that, placed beside the $1 million threshold, describes two … Read more
Fourteen Greenwich sales above $10 million by mid-June β plus six pending and a private $27.8M deal β put the trophy market on a near-record pace.
NAR: prices rose in 71% of metros in Q1 while nearly 29% went flat or negative β the most fragmented price map in years. San Jose tops $2 million.
Miami home prices rose 1.1% in April while Dallas, Phoenix, Tampa and Denver all fell β the Sun Belt correction now has a conspicuous exception.
Households lost $1.8 trillion in stocks in Q1 β yet net worth rose, because real estate gained $0.8 trillion. Housing’s stabilizer role, quantified.
The FHFA index was flat in April β but regions ran opposite directions, from New England’s +1.0% month to the Mountain division’s -0.8% drop.
Texas’s median price slipped below last year as supply reached 5.2 months β yet sales keep growing. Inside the most orderly correction in the country.
Case-Shiller shows prices up 0.8% in a year when inflation ran 3.8% β meaning inflation-adjusted U.S. home values fell for an 11th straight month.
Active listings across Washington’s NWMLS rose 16.4% year over year in June while the median price eased 3% to $650,000 β a market tilting toward buyers.
Fannie Mae forecasts 4.76 million total home sales for 2026 β up just 0.2% β with existing sales edging higher while new-home sales fall 6.1%.
California’s median hit a record $930,260 as $1M+ homes claimed 38.5% of sales β while volume stayed below 300,000 for a 44th straight month.
The median list price fell 2.5% year over year in June β a record decline β as sellers price realistically from day one and buyers respond with bids.
The median U.S. sale price hit a record $408,776 in June, Redfin says β but the gains came from a handful of wealthy metros, not the whole market.
San Francisco’s median hit $1.72M β up 9.2%, the nation’s fastest β with sales up 23% and listings down 16%. Anatomy of a whiplash recovery.
Luxury home prices rose 4.7% year over year β triple the pace of the broader market, Redfin found. Tampa and Miami led; only four metros declined.
Existing-home sales slipped 2.4% in June to a 4.09 million pace even as affordability improved. What the NAR report signals for buyers and sellers.
Zillow: June sales jumped 9.2% from May while inventory grew just 0.9% annually β a two-year low. The buyer-friendly window is quietly narrowing.
Bright MLS: June sales rose 7.3% as the Mid-Atlantic median hit a record $460,000 β with higher-income buyers doing the driving.
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