Housing Market
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August 6, 2026
The number of homes going under contract fell 3.7% week over week nationwide—the steepest decline since 2022—as would-be buyers pressed pause amid high mortgage rates. New listings ticked up. We’re taking a break from analysis this week, but please see the tables and charts below for this week’s housing-market data. Happy August! For Redfin economists’ […]
August 5, 2026
Starter-home affordability is improving: The income needed to afford a typical U.S. starter home is down 1.5% from a year ago, marking eight straight months of declines as price growth cools. Affordability for entry-level homes is improving more than the overall market: The income needed to buy the typical U.S. home is down just 0.5% […]
August 5, 2026
Housing costs keep rising, but so do incomes, leaving the income required to afford a home largely unchanged from last year’s record high. The income needed to buy a home is roughly $22,000 above what the typical U.S. household earns. But the gap is shrinking: it was $26,000 a year ago, and $29,000 two years […]
August 4, 2026
Highland Park, IL and Overland Park, KS round out the top three. Demand from highly compensated employees of the San Francisco Bay Area’s AI companies earns Noe Valley the No. 7 spot among Redfin’s hottest luxury neighborhoods this year. Strong demand, despite elevated costs, is outpacing supply in many high-end neighborhoods, making these areas stand […]
July 30, 2026
Today’s housing market rewards patience over panic: With hundreds of thousands more sellers than buyers in the U.S., buyers in most of the country have time to peruse options and negotiate. U.S. pending home sales fell to their lowest level since early April during the four weeks ending July 26, dropping 1.7% in the last […]
