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Realtor.com Market Clock, a tool of News Corp’s NWS portfolio, has doubled its coverage to the 100 largest U.S. metros and shows the most buyer-leaning spring since 2018. The national market sits at 3 o’clock, a balanced but loosening phase trending toward buyers, according to Realtor.com.
Realtor.com reports that 70% of metros either favor buyers or are shifting that way, up from 52% a year ago, while outright buyer’s markets have risen to 19% of metros and seller’s markets have shrunk to 25%. Regionally, most buyer’s markets are in the South, the Northeast holds all balanced-tightening readings, and Hartford is the only peak seller at 12 o’clock.
Seller behavior is adjusting: listing prices per square foot fell year over year in 60 of 100 metros, and the national median list price is down about 2.5%. In buyer’s markets, typical list price per square foot is also down 2.5% and price-cut shares are easing, while pending sales have increased for seven consecutive months.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS), via a new Realtor.com report, highlights that the U.S. starter home market has about 300,000 fewer sub‑$350,000 listings than in June 2019. The typical starter home list price has risen to $344,000 from $256,000, and the recommended minimum household income to purchase has climbed to roughly $78,000, up from $43,000 in 2019, while median household income increased only 28.3% to about $88,100.
Affordable inventory has recovered by 220,000 homes since the 2022 trough, but regional trends diverge: starter price thresholds since 2022 are down 3.5% in the South and 7.3% in the West, yet up 10.0% in the Midwest and 12.6% in the Northeast, where the threshold has reached $444,000 and just 29.7% of listings are under $350,000. Despite more listings, sub‑$350,000 sales fell about 10% year‑over‑year in April 2026 and 7.2% year‑to‑date, with affordability and mortgage qualification remaining key constraints.
Inman Connect San Diego 2026 will be held July 28–30, 2026, bringing upwards of 3,000 real estate agents, brokers, and industry professionals together for education, networking, and market-focused content. Inman Group announced 35 exhibitors and 14 start-up companies that will showcase technology, AI tools, marketing platforms, and brokerage solutions in the Expo Hall.
The exhibitor list spans website and CRM providers, identity and compliance platforms, AI-driven lead generation and recruiting tools, 3D property visualization, and lending partners. Realtor.com, operated by News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) subsidiary Move, is among the featured exhibitors, alongside firms such as eXp Realty, SoFi, Concierge Auctions, and many AI-focused startups.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS), via a new Realtor.com report, highlights that U.S. short sales are rising but still represent a niche segment. Fewer than 30,000 short sales occurred in 2025, about 0.6% of arms-length home sales and 28% of distressed sales, with volumes up 4% from 2023 to 2024, nearly 10% from 2024 to 2025, and roughly 16% year over year in Q1 2026.
Since January 2026, short sales have sold at a smaller discount than foreclosures, recovering about 9% more of estimated value. Foreclosure discounts have stayed near 25–30% below estimated value, while short-sale discounts widened to 50% in 2022 before narrowing to roughly 20% by early 2026. Short sales remain less common than foreclosures, at more than two foreclosures for every short sale, and cluster in metros such as Miami, New York, Tampa, Phoenix and Houston, with buyers showing lower engagement and longer selling times.
Realtor.com® reports that in June 2026 the national entry point to luxury housing (90th percentile) was $1,277,907, down 1.7% year over year, marking the 27th straight month of annual declines. High-end and ultraluxury thresholds were $1,997,691 (-3.7% YoY) and $5,513,735 (-2.9% YoY), while million-dollar listings made up 13.7% of inventory.
Despite softer prices, luxury homes sold faster than a year earlier, with the top 10% selling in a median of 63 days, two days quicker, and the top 1% improving by three days. The report highlights vacation-heavy markets using Census data: Nantucket, MA, has the highest vacation-home share at 55%, followed by Vineyard Haven, MA, at 54% and Breckenridge, CO, at 46%. These “scarcity of place” markets show high thresholds for the top 10% of listings, such as Nantucket’s $14.1 million, often paired with relatively small median square footage, indicating buyers are paying for location and rarity rather than size.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS), via Realtor.com, reports that the median asking rent across the 50 largest U.S. metros was $1,692 in June 2026, down 1.5% year over year and 4.1% below the 2022 peak, but still 16.4% above pre‑pandemic levels.
June marked the 35th consecutive month of annual rent declines, driven by a multifamily construction boom. Nationally, 302,730 multifamily units were permitted in 2025, up 1.9% from 2024 yet 34.4% below the 2022 peak. Permitting trends diverge: New York and Boston are at their slowest pace since 2019, while Columbus, Orlando, Miami, Las Vegas and several historically low-building markets post their highest permit rates since 2019. San Jose’s median asking rent hit a record $3,423, up 3.3% year over year.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) announced WSJ Sports: The Next Sports Economy, its inaugural sports business event on July 15-16, 2026, in New York.
The program convenes top commissioners, owners, executives and athletes to explore franchise valuations, investment trends, athlete brand equity and sports as a global asset class.
Realtor.com (NASDAQ:NWS) updated its 2026 US housing forecast, now expecting existing-home prices to rise just 1.2%, below anticipated 3.4% inflation, implying real price declines. The outlook keeps average mortgage rates at 6.3% and trims 2026 existing-home sales to 4.10 million, still 1.0% above 2025.
Typical monthly mortgage payments are projected 1.9% lower than 2025, while rents are forecast to fall 1.2%. Homeownership is expected at 65.1%, single-family housing starts at 0.96 million (+2.0%), and for-sale inventory to grow 3.6%. Rising off-market listings are highlighted as a risk for buyers and sellers.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) unit Realtor.com released a July 7, 2026 foreclosure market report. It finds the median foreclosed home sold for 27.2% below estimated value as foreclosure listings reached their highest level in six years, representing 1.3% of all homes for sale in April 2026.
Foreclosure listings drew 26.5% more page views in early 2026 but stayed on the market an average of 11 days longer. REO listings typically sell as-is, with fewer photos and shorter descriptions, and are most common in relatively affordable metros such as Lake Charles, Tuscaloosa, Dayton and Baltimore.
National Holding Company (NYSE:NWS) announced the acquisition of Moving.com, a major online moving marketplace, and MoveAI, an AI-powered moving concierge, on July 1, 2026.
The deals aim to integrate digital tools with National’s moving operations, improving planning, vendor selection, quotes, and coordination while keeping existing Moving.com customer agreements unchanged.