Category: Market Moves

Homebuyers and sellers across the United States are watching a streak that has not occurred in years: the national median listing price for homes has now declined for seven consecutive months, landing at $430,000. The slide, tracked through Realtor.com’s Housing Inventory Core Metrics series and distributed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, signals…

Homeowners across the country are shelving kitchen overhauls, bathroom gut-jobs, and other large remodeling projects, according to the latest quarterly filings from the two biggest home-improvement retailers in the United States. Home Depot and Lowe’s both reported weaker demand for big-ticket, financed renovations during their most recent earnings periods, pointing to elevated interest rates and…

Roughly 118,727 U.S. properties received a foreclosure filing during the first quarter of 2026, a 26 percent jump from the same period a year earlier. Indiana now sits at the top of the national list, with one in every 739 homes caught in some stage of the foreclosure process. The numbers signal a sharp acceleration…

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…