Houzz compared first quarter user activity to year-ago levels to determine the emerging home trends for summer 2026. Here’s what they found.

Despite a monthly decline, the rate of new-home construction still came in above consensus estimates. 

Midwest Real Estate Data has revoked Zillow’s access to its licensed listing data for display on its consumer websites, shortly following the antitrust lawsuit Zillow filed against MRED and Compass. 

This cube-shaped abode in Marietta, Georgia, looks like it’s tilted about 45 degrees off its axis.

Among the top 50 metro areas, Boston and Miami led the pack. 

Americans are prioritizing sunlight in their home search, with 44% saying they would choose a smaller home with more sunlight over a larger home with less sunlight, according to a Redfin report. 

Economist Matthew Gardner revisits some predictions for 2026 and looks to the future in this Q1 2026 update.

Zillow has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Midwest Real Estate Data and Compass over an April agreement to share Compass’s listings through MRED’s private listing network.

The platform is designed to allow agents to enter listings once without the need to enter them across different MLSs and real estate portals. 

The median-existing sales price for all housing types rose 0.9% year over year to $417,700, its 34th consecutive increase. 

eXp World Holdings has acquired NextHome, which includes more than 500 franchisees across the United States.

Zillow Preview listings will be available on Realtor.com as early as this summer, the two companies announced.

Short answer: Yes. But not quite in the way mom and dad did it, according to a survey of over 2,000 American renters and would-be homeowners.

S&P Dow Jones Indices noted that inflation outpaced national home-price appreciation for the ninth month in a row.

Step inside this adobe-style dome in Taos, New Mexico, and behold the hand-painted fairytale dreamland inside.

The new guidance says agents are not violating the Fair Housing Act by sharing the information.