Pending Home Sales Plunge across the US. Midwest Sees Worst Sales on Record, Northeast 2nd Worst.
For the US overall, worst sales for any December on record. The housing market took a bad turn, from already low levelshttps://t.co/sKbLut3JA8
Here's the situation in the Midwest: pic.twitter.com/LGgCgrr3U9— Wolf Richter (@wolfofwolfst) January 21, 2026
Pending Home Sales fall to lowest level ever recorded
Wow 😵💫 cut rates please 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Nx7aFM2FBZ— RED (@R3d_onX) January 22, 2026
Half the cities in the Case-Shiller 20-city index saw home price declines in Oct and rents are dropping too; fastest declines are in places like Tampa and Dallas where they've been building at a breakneck pace; build more homes, deport illegals, prices drop:
Chart: @zerohedge pic.twitter.com/HepH0l5rkd— E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) December 31, 2025
You have to have income that can support these high home prices , plus taxes, insurance, maintenance, utilites.
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