Housing Market
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October 20, 2025
The typical home that sold last month went for 1.4% less than its final list price—the biggest September discount in six years—as a slow housing market empowered buyers to negotiate. The typical home that sold also spent 50 days on the market—the slowest September pace in nearly a decade. Existing-home sales inched up to the […]
October 17, 2025
29% of U.S. homebuyers are paying in cash, down essentially unchanged from last year and down from a peak of nearly 35% two years ago due to declining mortgage rates. The typical down payment is climbing, partly because in today’s expensive market, many buyers are affluent. It now sits at a record $70,000, and in […]
October 16, 2025
California compounds and Colorado ski houses made up the lion’s share of September’s most expensive home sales. The Green Gables estate in the Bay Area, which consists of seven houses on 74 acres, was the most expensive home sale of September, bringing in $85 million. It’s followed by an Aspen, CO property that sold for […]
October 16, 2025
Even though mortgage rates are sitting near their lowest level in a year, house hunters are spooked by stubbornly high home prices and jitters about a possible recession and the government shutdown. New listings of U.S. homes for sale rose 4.1% year over year during the four weeks ending October 12, the biggest increase in […]
October 9, 2025
Pending home sales are declining, with some house hunters waiting for mortgage rates to drop lower and some feeling jittery about the economy. New listings of U.S. homes for sale rose 2.3% year over year during the four weeks ending October 5, the biggest increase in over three months. Some sellers listed their homes in […]
