The late-summer housing market is giving buyers something they have spent much of the past several years waiting for: leverage. Whether enough buyers can afford to use it is another question. New listings rose 0.4% from the previous week during the four weeks ending...
Iowa recorded 3,607 closed home sales in July, a 16% decline from the 4,304 transactions in the prior month and 4.2% jump from the 3,482 transactions from one year earlier. According to data from Iowa Realtors, the 3,232 pending transactions last month represented a...
Illinois recorded a total of 13,503 homes sales (including single-family homes and condominiums) in July, a 0.8% uptick from the 13,390 sold one year before. According to data from Illinois Realtors, the 22,363 homes available for sale statewide last month were 4.7%...
A total of 10,362 closed sales were recorded statewide in Virginia during July, up by 1.8% from one year before. According to data from the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR), this was the smallest year-over-year increase recorded so far in 2026. Despite the mild...
The Mid-Atlantic region covered by Bright MLS recorded 21,407 closed sales during July, a 4% year-over-year upswing. However, there were fewer new pending sales last month – a total of 20,366, 2.3% lower than July 2025. This decline occurred despite a 12.7% surge in...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
