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U.S. new listings hit a four-year peak in August, driven by cities like San Jose, Nashville, and Seattle, giving buyers more bargaining power.
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.
Fresh supply is entering the market as summer fades, but pending home sales have slipped to their weakest point since March amid elevated mortgage rates and economic uncertainty.
Pending home sales rose a modest 0.4% week over week through early August, while new listings jumped 1.7%—the largest weekly gain in five months—giving buyers slightly more room to negotiate in a market still weighed down by elevated mortgage rates.
Mortgage-purchase applications and pending sales rose in late April as the average 30-year rate fell to 6.23%, improving affordability and drawing more sellers to market.
