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Fresh inventory is flooding the U.S. housing market at its fastest pace in four years, but sluggish demand and elevated mortgage rates are keeping many buyers on the sidelines.
Supply is climbing while pending sales hit a six-month low, shifting leverage toward buyers in cities like Miami, Nashville and across Texas—especially for homes that have sat on the market for weeks.
Buyer discounts on homes peak in late August through late September depending on the metro, with cities like Austin, Baltimore and Las Vegas each hitting their own deal-making sweet spots, according to a Redfin analysis.
Redfin data shows 14% of U.S. home-sale contracts were canceled in July 2026, the highest rate since late 2023, driven by a record-low buyer pool and elevated affordability pressures.
Redfin data shows an estimated 967,000 buyers in July—the fewest on record—while sellers outnumber them by more than 51%, pushing nearly 80% of major metros into buyer's-market territory.
Slower summer conditions, high mortgage rates and growing inventory are shifting bargaining power toward buyers in Austin, Nashville and beyond, while Chicago and San Diego remain more competitive.
A fresh Redfin analysis finds roughly 48.5% more home sellers than buyers nationally in June, with Miami, Nashville, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin emerging as the country's most pronounced buyer's markets.
The share of home sellers reducing their asking prices has pulled back from a record high, signaling a modest shift in negotiating power — though buyers still hold the upper hand in many markets.
Redfin data shows the seller-to-buyer imbalance shrank for the fourth consecutive month in April, as improved job-market sentiment pulled more shoppers back into the housing market.
After months of growing buyer leverage, the gap between home sellers and buyers finally began to narrow in April 2026, signaling a potential turning point in the U.S. housing market.
