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Housing Week in Numbers — July 6
July 6, 2026
Median home-sale prices reached an all-time record $408,838 even as housing starts collapsed to their lowest since May 2020. List prices fell 2.5% year over year — the biggest annual drop since 2017 — yet demand is rebounding: pending sales rose 3.7% for their seventh straight monthly gain. June's weak 57,000-job payroll reading is now the main wild card for second-half mortgage rates.
$408,838 — The median U.S. home-sale price hit a new all-time record for the four weeks ending June 28, up 2.5% year over year; monthly housing payments rose year over year for the first time in eight months. source
−2.5% — National median list prices fell to $430,000 in June, down 2.5% year over year — the eighth straight annual decline and the largest since 2017 — while pending sales rose 3.7% for their seventh consecutive monthly gain. source
57,000 — June added only 57,000 jobs, half the 115,000 consensus forecast; Treasury yields fell and bets on a near-term rate hike evaporated, pointing to a potential mortgage-rate tailwind heading into July. source
1.177 million — U.S. housing starts fell 15.4% in May to a 1.177-million annualized rate, the lowest since May 2020, driven by multifamily crashing from 400,000+ in early 2024 to just 284,000. source
+0.8% — National home prices rose just 0.8% year over year in April (Case-Shiller), meaning real values fell for the 11th straight month after accounting for 3.8% inflation — flat on paper, quietly cheaper after inflation. source
35.9% — The combined Canadian softwood lumber tariff is projected to reach 35.9% in August; NAHB estimates current levies already add roughly $10,900 to the cost of a typical new single-family home. source
+6.5% — Short-term rental occupancy for the July 4th weekend ran 6.5% above 2025 levels, with the Mid-Atlantic up 26.2% in RevPAR and bookings placed 14.7% further in advance — demand is absorbing the oversupply that pressured STR investors in 2024–2025. source
Owning Now Costs 108% More Than Renting
October 3, 2025
CBRE's Q2 2025 affordability study found median monthly ownership costs hit $4,643 versus $2,228 for rent, leaving just 12.7% of renters able to purchase today.
Industrial still leads but retail captured a larger share of the $46.7B closed through Q2 2025, with cap rates holding near 7.0% amid expectations for Fed cuts.