Buyer-friendly conditions clash with rising home prices and mortgage rates
The US housing market is giving buyers more options than they have had in years, with listings rising and competition easing. Yet high home prices and mortgage rates are keeping many prospective homeowners from making an offer.More homes are available as buyer demand remains subduedFor much of the period following the pandemic, the US housing market was defined by intense competition. Limited inventory, historically low mortgage rates and a rush by households to find homes pushed prices higher and gave sellers considerable leverage.That dynamic has changed.By August 2026, the count of vendors within the US marketplace surpassed that of purchasers…
