Market Datavs. 1 year ago
30-year mortgage6.65%▲ +0.07 pts15-year mortgage5.95%▲ +0.26 pts10-year Treasury4.69%▲ +0.40 ptsMortgage spread1.96 pts▼ -0.33 ptsMedian list price$429k▼ -2.4%List $/sqft$226▼ -2.2%Days on market57▼ -1 daysActive listings1.13M▲ +2.1%New listings424k▼ -2.5%Pending sales470k▲ +1.9%Housing starts1.24M▼ -13.5%Building permits1.44M▲ +3.1%New-home sales628k▼ -5.6%Existing-home sales4.06M▲ +0.7%Months of supply9.3▲ +0.3 moMortgage delinquency1.89%▲ +0.12 pts
as of Aug 2026

A Record 242 U.S. Cities Now Have Million-Dollar Starter Homes

A Record 242 U.S. Cities Now Have Million-Dollar Starter Homes

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

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