Weekly Housing Headlines

Pending home sales increased 1.9% in October from the previous month and fell 0.4% year over year; U.S. house prices rose 2.2% between Q3 2024 and G3 2025; the value of single-family homes rose 1.3% in September compared to a year earlier; mortgage originations fell 2% in Q3 from a year ago; almost 85,000 sellers took their homes off the market in September, up 28% from September 2024; and home sellers outnumbered buyers in the market by 36.8% in October.

NAR Pending Home Sales Report Shows 1.9% Increase in October
National Association of Realtors - 11/25/2025
Pending home sales in October increased by 1.9% from the prior month and fell 0.4% year over year, according to the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Report.

U.S. House Prices Rise 2.2 Percent Year over Year; Up 0.2 percent Quarter over Quarter
FHFA - 11/25/2025
U.S. house prices rose 2.2 percent between the third quarter of 2024 and the third quarter of 2025, according to the U.S. Federal Housing House Price Index.

Home Prices Are Falling in More Than Half of Major Cities
Realtor.com - 11/25/2025
The value of single-family homes in the U.S. as measured by repeat transactions rose 1.3% in September compared to a year earlier, according to data from the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Index.

U.S. Mortgage Originations Fall 2 Percent in Q3
MortgagePoint - 11/21/2025
According to ATTOM’s Q3 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, approximately 1.77 million mortgages secured by residential properties (one to four units) were issued in the third quarter of 2025.

Sellers are taking their homes off the market at the fastest pace in nearly a decade
CNBC - 11/25/2025
Close to 85,000 U.S. sellers took their homes off the market in September, up 28% from September 2024 and the highest level for that month in eight years, according to Redfin.

Return of buyer’s market in 2025 comes at a price
Scotsman Guide- 11/21/2025
Home sellers outnumbered buyers in the market by 36.8% in October, up from 35.2% in August and 36.3% in June, according to a new report from Redfin.

The 10 U.S. Cities Seeing the Biggest Home Value Boom Since 2019
Realtor.com - 11/21/2025
Since the pre-pandemic era, 10 cities — split evenly between the South and Northeast — stood out for experiencing the most significant home value increases across the top 100 U.S. metros, but for different reasons.

Where Renters and Owners Face the Highest Cost Burdens
Eye On Housing - 11/24/2025
Current home owners, buoyed by significant home equity gains and locked in by below-market mortgage rates, are in a more advantageous financial position to weather the growing affordability crisis than renters.

Fannie Mae cuts 2026 home sales forecast
Mortgage Professional America - 11/24/2025
Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group projects home sales will increase 7.3% to 5,077 units in 2026, down from 8.9% predicted in October and 9.2% in September.

Reports of homebuyer remorse decline in slower sales environment
Scotsman Guide - 11/24/2025
Just over one-third (37%) of homebuyers in 2025 said they did not regret their purchase, up from 31% in 2023, according to listing platform Realtor.com’s latest Consumer Attitudes and Usage Study.