Min 1 Zillow drastically revised its 2026 existing-home sales forecast downward in April, cutting the projected year-over-year increase from 3.4% to just 0.5% by year-end. The revision reflects upward adjustments to mortgage rate expectations driven by persistent inflation concerns keeping borrowing costs elevated above 6% throughout 2026. Zillow
Min 1 Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey released April 23, 2026 showed the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.23%, down from 6.30% the prior week. This marks the lowest level in the last three spring homebuying seasons, breaking below the 6.30%+ range that has constrained
Min 1 The American Enterprise Institute Housing Center released data showing national home price appreciation slowed to just 1.1% year-over-year in February 2026. This marks the slowest rate of appreciation since AEI started collecting data at the start of 2012. The figure represents a dramatic deceleration from the double-digit
Min 1 The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index crashed to 47.6 in preliminary April 2026 readings released Friday, April 10. This represents a 10.7% drop from March's 53.3 and the lowest reading in the survey's 74-year history. The figure surpassed the prior
Min 1 The White House Council of Economic Advisers released its 2026 Economic Report of the President on April 13, 2026. Buried in the housing section is a data point that quantifies the generational wealth transfer crisis unfolding in American real estate: the median age of a first-time homebuyer has
Min 1 The National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index plunged 4 points in April 2026 to a reading of 34, down from 38 in March, marking one of the sharpest monthly declines in recent memory and signaling severe deterioration in builder sentiment amid economic uncertainty and persistent affordability
Min 1 The national median apartment vacancy rate declined in March 2026 for the first time since October 2021, dropping to 7.35% from 7.33% according to Yield PRO analysis of Apartment List data released the week of April 10. That two-basis-point decrease represents the first month-over-month vacancy improvement
Min 1 The Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped a bombshell inflation report on April 10, 2026 showing consumer prices surged 0.9% in March — the largest monthly increase since mid-2022 — pushing annual inflation to 3.3% from 2.4% in February. The acceleration was driven primarily by energy costs that
Min 1 The National Association of Realtors dropped a bombshell revision on April 13, 2026: the organization slashed its full-year existing home sales forecast from a 14% increase to just 4%, marking one of the most dramatic mid-year forecast adjustments in recent memory. The revision came alongside March existing home
Min 1 Eleven U.S. states have officially crossed back above pre-pandemic 2019 active inventory levels as of March 31, 2026, according to ResiClub analysis of national housing data. Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington now have more homes for sale than they did
Min 1 After five consecutive weeks of mortgage rate increases that pushed the 30-year fixed to 6.46% and effectively killed spring housing momentum before it started, rates finally reversed course in the week of April 9, 2026. Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey shows the 30-year fixed-rate
Min 1 The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March with unemployment sliding to 4.3% according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released April 3, and at first glance that looks like positive momentum heading into spring housing season. But real estate economists are sounding alarms that