The U.S. housing market is showing clear signs of a post-holiday recovery. Pending home sales climbed to 50,096 new contracts this week, a 25.7% increase from last week’s 39,841, as buyer activity rebounds from the typical holiday slowdown. The increase in buyer activity, combined with shifting market dynamics, signals a return to more typical activity […]
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We’ve said it before. When D.R. Horton reports its quarterly earnings, what you’re watching isn’t just the scoreboard of America’s largest homebuilder. You’re watching a business model operating at a different altitude — and with different oxygen — than almost every other homebuilding enterprise in the country. And when it performs, the implications go far
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Housing inventory growth has slowed from 33% year over year in mid-2025 to 10.0% today. The cooling marks the clearest end to the supply-shortage era and the beginning of a market where pricing power will be determined more by demand strength, rates and buyer behavior than scarcity alone. As HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami recently
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As the housing market moves into 2026, competition remains intense in many parts of the country — especially in smaller metros where inventory is critically low. New findings from HW Data based on supply, pricing and buyer activity show that demand for single-family homes continues to far outpace available homes in several markets, even as
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For the past several years, the U.S. housing market has faced an unusual constraint: not a lack of buyers, but a lack of sellers willing — or able — to move. Millions of homeowners remain “rate-locked,” holding mortgages originated in 2020–2022 at interest rates between 2% and 4% (Federal Housing Finance Agency; Freddie Mac Primary
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Even though down payments remain an obstacle to prospective homebuyers across the country, affordability conditions have improved significantly in the past three years. That’s the key takeaway from a Realtor.com report released Monday. The company found that across the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, the typical household in 2025 needs seven years to save for
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After housing market cycles defined by extreme shortages, rapid price appreciation and frenetic buyer competition, this year delivered something closer to balance. Inventory climbed meaningfully, price growth flattened and homes took longer to sell — signs of a market settling into a more sustainable rhythm. Using data through Dec. 20, here’s how the housing market
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Median list prices in the Prescott metro dropped from $699,250 to $584,900 year-over-year while active listings surged 30.5% to 1,663 homes, marking a sharp reversal in this Arizona mountain market. The price correction represents a significant decline as sellers race to adjust expectations in a shifting landscape. Properties now sit on the market for a
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Nearly half of Kansas City metro home sellers cut their asking prices in the week ending Nov. 29, 2025, as the market navigates a delicate balance between rising inventory and slowing buyer activity. The 45.2% price reduction rate coincides with active listings climbing to 4,723 homes while weekly absorption dropped to 511 properties. The surge
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Nashville’s housing market recorded 7,277 active listings during the week ending Nov. 29, with 39.1% of sellers reducing prices as the metro’s inventory climbed to a 3.4-month supply. The median list price held at $594,900 while price per square foot reached $260.8. The Music City market absorbed 663 homes during the week against 354 new
Nashville housing market balances as inventory and price cuts rise Read More »