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As Florida’s housing market finds its footing, sellers still face pricing realities

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Florida’s housing market is settling into a period of measured stability, with pending sales on the rise and inventory levels flattening. Sellers who cling to pandemic-era pricing continue to face resistance from buyers navigating high mortgage rates and affordability constraints. As of May 23, HousingWire Data shows the median list price of homes in Florida […]

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Why housing construction can’t grow at current demand levels

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The U.S. has too much supply of single-family homes and not enough demand. But why can’t housing starts grow when the White House says we are 10 million homes short? I go back to the 1984 movie “Ghostbusters” and this quote from from Dan Aykroyd’s character: “Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money

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Inventory is rising, but homes are selling faster

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Rising inventory has often meant homes are taking longer to sell. That may be starting to shift in 2026. New HousingWire data suggests the 2026 housing market is becoming more capable of processing available inventory, even as more homes come online nationally. National inventory was up 2.3% year over year in the latest weekly data,

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Inventory rises as pricing lags in the spring housing market

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The spring housing market is doing what it typically does this time of year: inventory is rising and new listings are coming online at a faster pace. But pricing has not moved with it. That timing gap is becoming one of the most important signals for housing professionals right now. This builds on last week’s

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What 10 years of housing data reveals about the 2026 market and the signals to watch

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The housing market doesn’t turn all at once. But over the past decade, one pattern has shown up again and again: Housing cycles tend to unfold in a recognizable sequence, and the earliest signals appear when pricing behavior and buyer response start to diverge. That’s the real playbook for navigating today’s housing market. Housing cycles

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The housing market is fragmenting as local trends diverge

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The housing market update still looks relatively stable on the surface. Inventory rose to 723,460 single-family homes in the week ending April 3, while 34.44% of listings had price cuts and the weekly absorption rate came in at 10.49%. At the national level, the baseline is still holding. As HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami noted

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Housing market demand is holding, but pricing gaps are breaking deals

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Housing demand is still holding up on a year over year basis, even as mortgage rates sit at 6.64%, a level that has historically marked a key dividing line for demand. That is the backdrop Logan Mohtashami laid out in this week’s Housing Market Tracker, where he wrote that “we are at a key inflection

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Midwest apartment demand outpaces Sun Belt as rents remain firm

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Midwest apartment demand has quietly become one of the strongest stories in U.S. housing, even as the national rental market cooled.​ RentCafe, using data from its sister apartment rental analytics provider, Yardi Matrix, listed Cincinnati as the top apartment market to watch this rental season. Minneapolis, Cleveland and Kansas City, Missouri, ranked in the top

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Barry Habib, Logan Mohtashami say housing market set for pent-up demand surge

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The U.S. housing market may be poised for a historic surge as pent-up demand meets a potentially lower rate environment. As part of an expert panel at HousingWire’s 2026 Housing Economic Summit, MBS Highway founder and CEO Barry Habib said the first move downward in mortgage rates could trigger a rush of buyers who have

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How stable mortgage rates are affecting regional housing markets

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The national housing market closed out January with relatively little week-over-week movement, but the latest data shows a market increasingly shaped by regional differences rather than a single national trend. Pricing, inventory and time on market all point to stabilization at the national level, even as local conditions continue to diverge. National conditions hold steady

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