Redfin reports there were about 46.5% more sellers than buyers in April 2026, down from 47.5% in March and 48.9% in December 2025.

Houzz compared first quarter user activity to year-ago levels to determine the emerging home trends for summer 2026. Here’s what they found.

New-home sales increased month over month in April, bouncing back from a sluggish start to the spring homebuying season in March.

The Platinum Award represents top-performing brokerages in the CIH network, while the President’s Club Award is reserved for the top 5% of CIH brokers and the top 25 nationwide.

Despite a monthly decline, the rate of new-home construction still came in above consensus estimates. 

Midwest Real Estate Data has revoked Zillow’s access to its licensed listing data for display on its consumer websites, shortly following the antitrust lawsuit Zillow filed against MRED and Compass. 

This cube-shaped abode in Marietta, Georgia, looks like it’s tilted about 45 degrees off its axis.

These are the 10 most expensive home sales in Fort Worth in April, ranked by original list price.

Among the top 50 metro areas, Boston and Miami led the pack. 

Americans are prioritizing sunlight in their home search, with 44% saying they would choose a smaller home with more sunlight over a larger home with less sunlight, according to a Redfin report. 

The fastest-growing Texas ZIP was 76177 in Fort Worth, which grew from 2,774 housing units in 2014 to over 10,000 units in 2023 — a 266% increase.

Economist Matthew Gardner revisits some predictions for 2026 and looks to the future in this Q1 2026 update.

Zillow has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Midwest Real Estate Data and Compass over an April agreement to share Compass’s listings through MRED’s private listing network.

The platform is designed to allow agents to enter listings once without the need to enter them across different MLSs and real estate portals. 

The median home price declined just 0.1% annually to $334,995 in April, while closed home sales increased 8.9%.

The median-existing sales price for all housing types rose 0.9% year over year to $417,700, its 34th consecutive increase.