The rental market continues to show strength, with the biggest annual rent gain since April 2025 In September, existing home sales fell 2.5% from last year according to Zillow's nowcast. Newly pending sales, a forward-looking indicator of future closed sales, fell by 8.5% as mortgage rates reached their highest level since November 2023.

Sun Belt markets where building has boomed account for most of the markets where new construction offers the best value per square foot Newly built homes sell for a median of $205 per square foot nationally, below the $212 median for existing homes, a new Zillow analysis finds. Many of the markets with the biggest discounts for new homes — as much as 19% less — are high-supply Sun Belt markets where builders have been most active, including Austin, Raleigh and Tampa.

On September 28, 2026, Zillow Group Inc (ZG) shares fell 3.9%, closing at $28.15. Over the past year, ZG has experienced a dramatic decline, trading within a 52

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Nearly 5 engaged home shoppers are competing for every listing, but affordability headwinds are weighing on sales Engaged home shoppers — Zillow users who save or share a for-sale listing — were up 21% year over year this past spring, at 4.8 shoppers per listing nationally. Buffalo, Providence and Hartford had the most engaged shoppers per listing; Houston, Miami and San Antonio had the fewest.

Housing-linked stocks are moving lower together in Wednesday morning trading, with the iBuyers taking the sharpest hits and the homebuilder fund pulling back in step.

Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZG - Get Free Report) has earned a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from the twenty-five brokerages that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, thirteen have given a hold recommendation and eleven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average

Zillow Senior Vice President of Engineering Toby Roberts joins the GeekWire Podcast to discuss what AI is changing about buying and selling homes, from AI agents working alongside real estate agents to the company's integration with ChatGPT.

In all 50 major U.S. metros, typical rent is less than the typical monthly cost of homeownership, giving renters a financial cushion According to the Zillow Observed Rent Index, the typical U.S. rent is $1,948 a month. The typical new home buyer's monthly payment is $3,014, a difference of $1,066 a month or $12,792 a year.

Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN) stock is falling 4% to $2.68 in Tuesday morning trading as rising Treasury yields and expectations for tighter monetary policy weigh on housing-related shares. Offerpad Solutions (NYSE:OPAD) stock is essentially unchanged at $3.