The Lubbock metro housing market has emerged as Texas’s deepest buyer’s market, with inventory levels reaching 8.1 months of supply as of Nov. 22, 2025. This marks a stark departure from the state’s overall 3.6 months of inventory, positioning the West Texas metro as an outlier in an otherwise balanced Texas housing landscape. Active listings in the Lubbock area climbed to 1,964 homes,...

Pine Bluff’s housing market reveals a stark disconnect between affordability and buyer interest, with 34.4% of active listings taking price cuts while homes sit on the market for a median 91 days. The metro’s $139,950 median list price represents less than half Arkansas’s $315,000 statewide figure, yet this dramatic price advantage fails to accelerate sales. The Pine Bluff metro recorded 262...

Toledo’s single-family home inventory surged to 1,150 active listings for the week ending Nov. 22, 2025, marking a 46% increase from 787 homes a year earlier. The dramatic inventory expansion coincides with widespread price adjustments, as 38.3% of active listings reduced their asking prices during the week. The median list price in the Toledo metro dropped 6.3% year-over-year to $220,000, down from...

The debate over the large builders’ elevated use of mortgage buydowns — and the potential risks to buyers — isn’t new. Reigniting the argument, a recent report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) asserts that mortgage buydowns among the large builders are artificially inflating new home prices, therefore creating a risk for buyers in the resale market. Publications and industry...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) on Wednesday signed a housing bill aimed at addressing the state’s shortage of affordable housing. H.B. 5002, a “much-debated” bill, according to CT Insider, passed during a special session in early November. The bill is a compromise from the version that Lamont had vetoed in June, which was followed by a special session to allow lawmakers more time to revise the...

Thanksgiving movies don’t always get the same hype as Christmas classics, but they’ve given us some of the most memorable homes on screen — the places where chaos unfolds, relatives collide, pies burn, and someone inevitably ends up carving the turkey badly. And since half the fun of these movies is low-key judging the interiors (and imagining what they’d go for in today’s market), it only...

There are penthouses with great views — and then there’s PH6/7 at 611 West 56th Street, a 5,100-square-foot duplex perched high above Manhattan with its own 1,572-square-foot wraparound terrace. Listed for $15 million, the oversized two-level residence sits in a Pritzker Prize–winner–designed tower and delivers a true bird’s-eye look at the Hudson River, Midtown, and the far west...

A small, enclosed, shady backyard may feel like an unpromising space for relaxation and socializing, but this design by landscape designer Stathis Lazarides proves otherwise. Given free rein by the homeowner, Lazarides turned an unappealing concrete space into a relaxing, spirit-lifting haven that...

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Yet, Year-Over-Year Pending Activity Still Lags Pending home sales picked up in October 2025 as lower borrowing costs and improving sentiment helped bring more buyers into the market, though contract activity remained slightly below last year's levels, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors. The NAR Pending Home Sales Index climbed 1.9% from September 2025, marking...