Category: Market Moves

Buyers shopping for a home in mid-2026 are finding something they have not seen in years: asking prices that sit 2.5 percent below where they stood a year earlier, according to listing-level data. At the same time, the federal government’s own sales records show supply measures for new homes climbing while median transaction prices hold…

Buyers shopping for a home in the United States are finding prices softer than at any point in the past year, with values down roughly 2.5% compared to twelve months ago. Rising inventory has handed house hunters more choices and more room to negotiate, a shift that reverses years of seller dominance fueled by pandemic-era…

Homebuyers who spent the past several years losing out in frenzied bidding wars are finding something they have not seen in a long time: choice. Newly built homes are sitting on the market longer, and the supply of unsold inventory has climbed to levels not recorded since before the pandemic. The shift is giving buyers…

Homeowners across the United States faced a sharper wave of new foreclosure filings last month, with 27,304 foreclosure starts recorded in May, a 13 percent increase compared with the same month a year earlier. That year-ago baseline stood at 24,165 starts, according to ATTOM data. The jump arrived even as overall foreclosure activity dipped slightly…

Homebuyers across the United States are pulling back from the market as mortgage rates hover near 6.5 percent and listing prices sit at record levels. Pending home sales have now declined for a fourth consecutive week, reflecting an affordability squeeze that shows no sign of easing. The 30-year fixed rate has barely moved in roughly…

American homebuyers now face a median sale price above $400,000 for the first time on record, a threshold crossed while transaction volumes sit at their lowest point in three decades. The split between rising prices and shrinking sales activity defines the housing market heading into the second half of 2026, squeezing both first-time buyers and…

Homeowners across the United States, and especially in Florida, are facing growing pressure as foreclosure filings climbed for an eighth consecutive month in April 2026. ATTOM’s April 2026 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report confirmed the streak, describing the trend as a “gradual annual climb” that has persisted since last fall. The sustained rise raises pointed questions…

Georgia homeowners are facing a sharp rise in foreclosure activity, with filings across the state climbing 78% in early 2026 compared to the same period a year earlier. The surge is hitting counties large and small, and it raises hard questions about whether borrowers who held on through years of pandemic-era protections are now losing…

Renters in San Francisco now face the highest typical asking rent of any major U.S. market, with listings averaging $3,830 a month. That figure has pushed the city past New York, a shift driven by wage growth in the tech and finance sectors outpacing new housing supply. For the roughly 60 percent of San Francisco…

Home listing prices in the United States fell 2.4% compared with the same period a year earlier, extending a streak of year-over-year declines to seven consecutive months. The drop reflects a housing market where elevated borrowing costs continue to sideline buyers, while sellers trim asking prices to attract shrinking demand. Persistent inflation, tracked through federal…