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The 18 states back above pre-pandemic 2019 housing market inventory levels

Nationally aggregated inventory is up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis between August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2026.

10.09.2026 3

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Florida’s housing market corrections continue to lose intensity—see these 8 charts

While softness—and even outright weakness—remains in parts of Florida’s housing market, the intensity of the correction and recalibration...

31.08.2026 5

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64 major housing markets where home prices are falling

After a burst of softening, the count of major metros seeing year-over-year home price declines has stabilized over the past 12 months. But it’s...

24.08.2026 10

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Inside Berkshire’s big housing market bet to buy homebuilder Taylor Morrison: ‘Blind date to the altar’

With the speedy sale completed, Taylor Morrison CMO Stephanie McCarty tells ResiClub what comes next.

20.08.2026 10

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These 3 housing markets—including Austin—just hit ‘significantly oversupplied’ lot inventory

Zonda chief economist Ali Wolf: ‘For the first time since 2016, the [nationally aggregated] market is considered appropriately supplied [for lots].’

20.08.2026 10

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A closer look at home price corrections in second-home housing markets Naples and Sevierville

Back in August 2023, I stated that Naples, FL and Sevierville, TN still faced downside risk despite their spring 2023 appreciation. That call proved...

13.08.2026 10

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States with the least—and most—housing market inventory heading into the fall

National active housing market inventory growth is at a crawl.

08.08.2026 30

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Zillow just revised its home price forecast for over 400 housing markets—see the map

Zillow slightly upgrades its national home price outlook—predicting that over the next 12 months, U.S. home prices are likely to shift 0.0%.

29.07.2026 10

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CEO of this $4 billion homebuilder says Sunbelt new home prices are down more than headlines suggest

Tri Pointe Homes CEO Doug Bauer says prices in the region’s core markets have already undergone the corrections needed to meet the demand. The...

27.07.2026 10

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Japanese firms’ buying spree of U.S. homebuilders continues: Daiwa House’s Stanley Martin to buy Holiday Builders

America’s No. 18 largest homebuilder, Stanley Martin Homes—a subsidiary of Japanese homebuilding conglomerate Daiwa House—announced on Thursday...

21.07.2026 10

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68 major housing markets where home prices are falling

After a burst of softening, the count of major metros seeing year-over-year home price declines has stabilized over the past 12 months. But it’s...

20.07.2026 10

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Housing market shift explained—and where it’s happening the quickest

The pandemic housing boom was too much, too fast. After a stretch of unprecedented national growth, the industry has been grinding through a period of...

11.07.2026 20

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Warren Buffett’s heir just made another big housing market bet. Why?

Berkshire Hathaway’s Clayton Home Building Group is buying McGuinn Homes—No. 65 largest U.S. homebuilder—just weeks after buying America’s No....

10.07.2026 10

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States with the most—and least—housing market inventory heading into the core summer season

National active housing market inventory growth is at a crawl—but not in Washington.

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Quiet housing market pullback: Wall Street firms’ net selling jumps 408%

In Q2 2026, the 8 major institutional landlords tracked by Parcl Labs were net sellers of 3,011 single-family homes—up from 593 net homes sold off...

06.07.2026 20

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These 30 housing markets have the most underwater homeowners

Among all outstanding mortgages in the Austin metro area, 6.6% have negative equity. Among Austin borrowers who purchased in 2022, that share rises to...

04.07.2026 30

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Zillow downgrades its home price forecast. Here’s its outlook for 400-plus housing markets

Zillow downgrades its national home price outlook slightly, predicting that over the next 12 months U.S. home prices are likely to shift -0.2%.

27.06.2026 30

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See the 77 major housing markets with falling home prices

Among the 77 major metros seeing falling year-over-year home prices, these had the biggest declines: Punta Gorda, FL (-7.9%); London, KY (-7.1%); Cape...

20.06.2026 40

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Housing market affordability is so stretched that this $23B builder is shelling out $55K incentives per home

Lennar spent an average of 12.9% of the final sales price on sales incentives in Q2 2026—down from 14.1% last quarter.

15.06.2026 20

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Institutional homebuyers have canceled 6,000 single-family home projects amid ‘ban’ push

In aggregate, institutional firms surveyed by ResiClub say they have delayed or decided not to move forward with over 6,000 single-family...

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How housing market inventory is shifting across every state

PulteGroup VP Jim Zeumer: ‘We have work to do in Oregon and Washington. We have work to do to clear spec in some of our Western markets.’

08.06.2026 60

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway makes bold housing market wager: Acquiring Taylor Morrison and becoming America’s 4th largest builder

On Sunday, Berkshire Hathaway—which already owns Clayton Properties, America’s 12th largest homebuilder—said it’s acquiring Taylor...

01.06.2026 20

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Zillow downgrades its home price forecast across 400-plus housing markets—see the data

Zillow predicts that national housing affordability may improve slightly as U.S. income growth outpaces U.S. home price growth.

30.05.2026 40

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Northeast and Midwest housing markets are the tightest heading into summer 2026

With less overvaluation, lower exposure to the recent migration pullback, and fewer homebuilders offering large incentives, active inventory across...

23.05.2026 30

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81 major housing markets where home prices are falling

After a burst of softening, the count of major metros seeing year-over-year home price declines has stabilized over the past ten months.

20.05.2026 20

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15 housing markets with the biggest home price declines since the pandemic boom ended

In theory, as pandemic housing boom froth recedes and ‘overvaluation’ comes down, so does downside risk.

16.05.2026 60

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Homebuilders in Sunbelt housing markets are working through a ‘spec overhang’

Homebuilders spent much of the past year cutting prices, upping incentives, cutting specs, and slowing starts in the softest Sunbelt markets. Now,...

12.05.2026 30

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Housing market power balance: Zillow’s updated ratings for 250-plus markets

This is where home sellers—and homebuyers—have the most power right now, according to Zillow’s updated analysis.

09.05.2026 60

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Which housing markets have the most—and least—mortgage distress right now?

ResiClub’s new housing distress calculation includes mortgages that are 30 to 89 days past due, 90 to 180 days past due, in foreclosure, or in...

06.05.2026 30

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Housing market power divide: States where buyers can find the most, and least, inventory right now

National active listings are up 4.6% year over year—a sharply decelerated rate from a year earlier, when listings were up 30.6%.

02.05.2026 60

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This $23B homebuilder is pushing its housing market incentives to 10.9%—that’s $54,500 on a $500K sale

In ‘normal’ times, PulteGroup spends around 3.0% to 3.5% of the sales price on incentives.

30.04.2026 30

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Intensity of Florida’s housing market correction is easing across many pockets of the state

Some Florida metros—in particular in the Florida Panhandle and parts of Northern Florida—are even back to seeing mildly positive seasonally...

29.04.2026 20

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The current housing market bifurcation, as told by one metric

The typical home listed for sale in the Rochester, NY metro area goes pending in 11 days, compared to 105 days in the Asheville, NC metro area.

28.04.2026 60

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Japanese firms’ growing grip on the housing market, as told by one chart

According to Zonda, back in 2015, Japanese-owned builders had around 0.2% of the U.S. homebuilding market. By 2025, that figure had risen to 4.8%....

27.04.2026 30

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What earnings for America’s largest homebuilder reveal about the housing market

Deploying bigger incentives and slowing starts, D.R. Horton was able to shrink its count of unsold completed homes by 35%.

25.04.2026 60

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Zillow just downgraded its home price forecast across over 400 housing markets—see the map

Zillow slightly downgrades its national home price outlook—predicting that over the next 12 months, U.S. home prices are likely to shift 0.0%.

22.04.2026 40

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Home prices are falling in these 89 housing markets—see what’s behind it

After a burst of softening, the count of major metros seeing year-over-year home price declines has stabilized over the past nine months.

18.04.2026 50

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Why giant homebuilders are sticking with Sun Belt growth markets despite housing market weakness

Beazer Homes CEO Allan Merrill: If homebuilders chase the markets that look tightest today, those conditions may have already shifted by the time...

14.04.2026 40

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20 major housing markets with enough inventory to create homebuyer deals later this year

Among the nation’s 50 largest metro-area housing markets, these 20 are now above pre-pandemic 2019 inventory levels.

11.04.2026 50

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This $3B builder moves from California to Arizona—signaling something about the housing market’s next decade

Back in 2012, KB Home did almost 4 times as much homebuilding in Los Angeles County as in Maricopa County. Now, it does nearly 8 times more business...

10.04.2026 30

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States with the most—and least—housing market inventory heading into the core spring selling season

National active housing market inventory is slowly rebounding—here’s the pace by state.

09.04.2026 30

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What inventory signals about Florida’s housing market correction

The intensity of the housing downturn in Florida has eased somewhat in recent months.

30.03.2026 30

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99 housing markets where home prices are falling: See the map

Among the 300 largest housing markets, 99 are seeing year-over-year home prices fall, while 201 are seeing them rise.

28.03.2026 50

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Resale housing market turnover is near a 4-decade low—here’s how agents say the industry is shifting

Here are the results of the first-ever Cotality–ResiClub Brokerage Survey.

26.03.2026 40

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Japanese firms’ buying spree of U.S. homebuilders keeps heating up—4th deal in 5 weeks

Japan’s domestic population is shrinking and aging (fast!), limiting long-term housing growth and risking a sharp contraction for Japanese...

23.03.2026 30

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Sunbelt housing markets are so weak that this $22B homebuilder is offering its biggest incentives since 2010

Lennar CEO Stuart Miller: ‘We use margin as a circuit breaker.’

22.03.2026 50

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66 housing markets enter spring 2026 above a key inventory threshold that benefits homebuyers

Among the nation’s 200 largest housing markets, these metro areas have active inventory above 2019 pre-pandemic levels.

22.03.2026 50

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Zillow revises down its home price forecast—this map shows its outlook for 400 housing markets

The company’s Home Value Index now predicts U.S. home prices to rise just 0.5% over the next 12 months.

21.03.2026 50

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These 16 major housing markets enter spring 2026 with enough supply to create homebuyer deals

Among the nation’s 50 largest metro area housing markets, these 16 now have above pre-pandemic 2019 inventory levels.

16.03.2026 30

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Housing market squeeze: The income needed to purchase a typical U.S. home is up 79% since 2020

Incomes haven’t kept up with the cost to buy in the for-sale market. But they’re slowly catching up.

14.03.2026 60

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