The median monthly housing payment remains near record highs, but slowing price growth, declining mortgage rates and a pileup of supply is giving homebuyers in certain parts of the country room to negotiate. The median U.S. home-sale price rose 3.7% year over year during the four weeks ending February 16, the smallest increase since September. […]
There were 3.7 months of for-sale supply on the market in January, the most in six years. An increase in supply and drop in homebuying demand has tilted the national market in favor of buyers, with listings starting to pile up in many areas across the country. Florida metros top the list of buyer’s markets,
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Home prices grew 0.6% month over month in January, equal to the quickest pace since November 2023. On a year-over-year basis, home prices rose 5.4%—the slowest pace since August 2023. Ten of the 50 most populous U.S. metros recorded a drop in home prices month over month, led by Tampa (-1.6%). U.S. home prices rose
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The percentage of U.S. home purchases made in cash fell to 32.6% in 2024, a three-year low, as the total number of all-cash purchases dropped to its lowest level in a decade. Florida homebuyers were most likely to pay cash. Just under one-third (32.6%) of U.S. home purchases were made in cash in 2024, down
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Housing supply rose to the highest level since 2020 in January, but housing demand fell to the lowest level since 2020 as mortgage rates hit an eight-month high. Sellers are making moves because they’re tired of waiting for mortgage rates to fall, but buyers are skittish amid economic uncertainty and rising home prices, which are
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New listings are up 7.4% from a year earlier, while pending sales are down 6%. Sales are slow mostly because of high home prices and mortgage rates. In Washington, D.C. and other places with a high concentration of government workers, Redfin agents report some buyers and sellers are changing plans due to uncertainty about their
