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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 20

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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 7

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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 5

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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 20

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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 7

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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 20

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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 5

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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 20

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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 10

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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 20

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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 10

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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 7

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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 9

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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 20

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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 10

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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 9

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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 10

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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 20

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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 20

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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 10

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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 20

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States with the most—and least—housing market inventory heading into spring 2026

ResiClub analyzed inventory data through February 28, 2026.

07.03.2026 30

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Mortgage refinance comeback: United Wholesale Mortgage’s refi volume jumps 387% from cycle low

Even without a full refi boom, volume is slowly rebounding—with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate, as tracked by Freddie Mac, down to 5.98%...

05.03.2026 10

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These 15 housing markets have the most borrowers underwater

In total, 2.1% of outstanding U.S. homeowner mortgages are underwater—up from 1.3% a year ago.

01.03.2026 20

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Zillow revises 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 rise 0.9%.

28.02.2026 10

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Big banks retreated from mortgages after the 2008 housing market crash—now this Fed governor wants them back

After more than a decade of ‘significant migration’ toward nonbanks, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, Michelle Bowman, says...

26.02.2026 20

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Japanese firms are quietly making a huge bet on the U.S. housing market

Japanese builders are rapidly acquiring U.S. homebuilders—now Daiwa House is buying United Homes.

24.02.2026 10

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100 major housing markets with falling home prices

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

23.02.2026 10

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The housing markets with the most exposure as Trump sets 100-home cutoff for proposed institutional ‘ban’

The White House’s proposed institutional homebuying ban—which it will ask Congress to codify—includes two major exemptions.

23.02.2026 40

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Homebuilder lot supply jumps so fast that 2 housing markets are now ‘significantly oversupplied’

Zonda chief economist Ali Wolf: ‘Builders have scaled back starts in response to slower sales, which by extension has allowed for lot supply to grow.’

16.02.2026 50

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Where mortgage rates are headed in 2026, according to 21 experts

Among the 21 mortgage rate forecasts tracked by ResiClub, the average prediction is 6.18% for calendar year 2026.

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Homebuilder sounds housing market alarm on massive builder rate buydowns and underwater risk

12.02.2026 10

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KB Home CEO: Homebuilders are slowing spec builds in weaker housing markets

12.02.2026 10

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Housing market inventory power: Where states stand heading into spring

07.02.2026 10

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This one statistic clearly shows the housing market’s post-boom recalibration

04.02.2026 20

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Southwest Florida housing market still seeing a home price correction—how much lower will prices drop?

02.02.2026 10

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Buyer’s or seller’s housing market? Zillow’s updated regional ratings for over 400 markets

31.01.2026 9

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An inventory boomerang just hit the housing market

29.01.2026 9

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106 housing markets are seeing falling home prices—and not a single one is in the Midwest

24.01.2026 30

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Home price forecast for 2026 across 380 housing markets: Zillow versus Moody’s forecast model

21.01.2026 20

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Housing markets where homebuyers are gaining power heading into spring 2026

13.01.2026 20

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Housing market affordability is so strained that Trump directs Fannie and Freddie to buy $200B mortgage bonds

09.01.2026 10

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5 ways Trump’s proposed institutional single-family homebuying ban could affect the housing market

09.01.2026 20

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Zillow updates its home price forecast across 400-plus housing markets

27.12.2025 20

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Giant homebuilder KB Home shifts strategy amid a housing market where it lacks pricing power

25.12.2025 10

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Homebuilder Lennar’s average home price is down 21% from the pandemic housing market boom peak

23.12.2025 20

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Home prices are falling in these 98 housing markets

22.12.2025 10

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This $27 homebuilder says the Feds are cooking up something big to ‘address’ housing market affordability

20.12.2025 30

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Housing market inventory is still rising—but the pace of growth is slowing

17.12.2025 20

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Powell: ‘Housing market faces some really significant challenges’ that a 25-basis-point rate cut won’t resolve

16.12.2025 10

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