Key Points: A record number of single women owned homes in 2025, despite a dip in the homeownership rate. Long-term gains in educational attainment and real household income continue to boost women’s participation in the housing market. Affordability has improved to its best level since 2022, potentially supporting further homeownership growth ...
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Key Points: House-buying power enters the 2026 spring home-buying season above the national median list price for the first time in more than three years. In December 2025, house-buying power reached $417,000 at the national level, a five percent surplus above the national median list price of $396,000. While still below pre-pandemic norms, the ...
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Key Points: Affordability jumped nearly 9 percent year over year in December, the 10th consecutive annual gain. Affordability improved on an annual basis in all 50 states and in 48 of the top 50 markets. Markets with inventory at, or above, pre-pandemic levels tend to have the strongest affordability gains. Affordability ended 2025 on its ...
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Key Points: In this coastal affordability matchup, stronger supply helps Seattle overcome Boston. Stronger permitting, fuller inventory, and slower price growth give Seattle the supply‑side advantage, widening buyer choice and giving purchasers more leverage. Median home prices increased by 0.4 percent in Seattle, less than half of Boston’s 0.9 ...
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Key Points: Existing-home sales are improving, but remain well below pre-pandemic norms. Sales equal just 3.3 percent of U.S. households, compared with a pre-pandemic average of 4.2 percent. Closing that gap would require over one million additional sales at today’s household base, underscoring just how far the market still has to go. ...
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Key Points: Income gains and lower mortgage rates boosted house-buying power by roughly $36,600 year-over-year in November. Nominal price growth has slowed to near-zero, and 47 of 50 major metros posted affordability improvements. Inventory is the decisive wild card — if inventory levels don’t deteriorate dramatically, house price growth will ...
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