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Zillow (Z) and Realtor.com launched Preview℠ listings on both platforms on Sept. 17, 2026, giving buyers simultaneous early access to pre-market homes without special logins or brokerage ties.
The collaboration is described as the largest pre-market syndication effort in U.S. residential real estate, with more than 400 brokerage partners enrolled, including major national brands. Preview homes are clearly labeled and receive enhanced placement in search results and email alerts on both sites, and buyers can save homes, contact the listing agent, pre-book tours and use the extra time to secure financing. Zillow cites survey data that 88% of Americans are at least somewhat interested in viewing pre-listed homes online. Zillow reports that Preview listings generate 18% more views, 9% more shares and 7% more saves than comparable listings in the first 14 days on market.
Realtor.com (NWS) reports that the national median asking rent for studio, one- and two-bedroom units in the 50 largest U.S. metros fell 0.9% year over year in August 2026 to $1,699, marking the 37th consecutive month of annual declines.
The median asking rent is now $65, or 3.7%, below its summer 2022 peak, but remains $227, or 15.4%, above August 2019. By unit size, August medians were $1,436 for studios (-1.2% YoY), $1,586 for one-bedrooms (-0.8%), and $1,896 for two-bedrooms (-0.9%), all still 13.1%–17.7% above 2019 levels. Rents are projected to decline 1.2% in 2026 if supply continues to outpace demand.
Concessions expanded, with 43.5% of listings offering incentives such as fee reductions or free rent, up from 40.4% a year earlier. Denver, Austin, Las Vegas, Nashville and San Antonio all exceeded 67% concession rates, while fewer than 1% of institutionally managed listings waived security deposits.
News Corp (NWS), via Realtor.com, released its first Metro Affordability & Homebuilding Report Cards, grading the 100 largest U.S. metros on current home affordability and future supply potential.
Ten metros earned A-range grades by combining relatively affordable prices with strong homebuilding. Des Moines ranked No. 1 with an A+ and total score of 83.4, driven by an affordability score of 88.3, a homebuilding score of 78.4, and a permit-to-population ratio 85% above the national average. Raleigh placed second with an A+ and a permit-to-population ratio of 2.51, while eight other metros, including Columbia, Houston, Indianapolis and Austin, also scored in the A range.
Thirteen metros received F grades. Los Angeles ranked last with a total score of 12.0, a median listing price of $1,129,415, an affordability score of 0.9, and a permit-to-population ratio less than half the national average.
News Corp (NWS), via subsidiary HarperCollins, will publish Quentin Tarantino’s second novel, THE ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH, on December 8, 2026, in hardcover, audiobook and e-book formats. The work novelizes the upcoming film The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, which opens in IMAX theaters on November 25 and streams on Netflix from December 23, and continues the story of Tarantino’s character in 1977 Hollywood.
Realtor.com (NWS) projects that the week of September 27–October 3, 2026 will be the best time to buy a home in 2026 based on historical patterns.
During this “Best Week,” buyers may see up to 31.9% more active listings than at the start of the year and listing prices about 3.5% below the seasonal peak, which could equal roughly $14,000 in savings on a median-priced home of about $416,000. Competition, measured by listing views per property, is historically 30.1% below its annual peak, and homes are expected to spend about 64 days on market, roughly 13 days longer than the year’s fastest pace. Around 5.7% of homes typically see price reductions, and fresh listings are historically 20.0% higher than at the start of the year.
Realtor.com (NWS) reported that the U.S. luxury-home entry threshold fell to $1,200,005 in August 2026, down 4.0% from July and a year earlier, marking 29 consecutive months of annual declines.
Price thresholds dropped across tiers, with the high-end 95th percentile at $1,894,230 (down 4.2% year over year) and the ultraluxury 99th percentile at $5,163,712 (down 4.6%). Listings at the 90th percentile spent a median 74 days on market, four fewer than a year ago but seven more than in July; the typical listing held at 60 days. Los Angeles had the highest luxury entry point at $3,919,381, narrowly ahead of Kahului-Wailuku and Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, while Naples-Marco Island and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara were the only top-10 expensive markets with monthly gains. Hilo-Kailua showed the widest gap between luxury and ultraluxury, with its top 1% threshold 6.2 times its local luxury entry level.
News Corp (NWS), via Realtor.com August 2026 Housing Trends, reports a late-summer housing cool-down with softer demand but fewer seller pullbacks than in 2025.
The national median list price was $424,500, down 1.0% from July and 1.3% year over year, marking a 10th straight annual decline, while 20.4% of listings had a price reduction, up 0.4 percentage points month over month and level with last year. Pending listings fell 0.2% year over year and contract signings declined 3.7%. Delistings were down 12.6% from August 2025 and represented roughly 5.5% of active inventory, avoiding last year’s delisting spike. Active listings reached 1,140,035, up 3.6% year over year, while new listings totaled 401,760, down 5.2% month over month and 0.1% year over year. Homes spent a median of 60 days on market, three days longer than July but unchanged from a year earlier.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) announced that Chief Financial Officer Lavanya Chandrashekar will participate in the Citi 2026 Global TMT Conference on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. The session is scheduled to begin at 10:50 AM EDT (7:50 AM PDT). A live webcast and a replay will be accessible via the News Corp investor relations website.
News Corp (NWS), via Realtor.com, released its 2026 Top Metros for New Construction ranking, naming Charleston–North Charleston, SC No. 1 among the 100 largest U.S. metros. Charleston’s median new-build listing price of $443,273 is 12.2% below its $504,832 existing-home median, with new construction representing 24.8% of listings.
Greenville–Anderson–Greer, SC and Boise, ID rank second and third. Six of the top 10 metros are in the Carolinas and eight are in the South. The methodology weighs new-construction share and price premium (33% each), climate-risk differences (17%), and market hotness measures (17%) using data from January 1–June 30, 2026.
Realtor.com (NWS) reports that in Q2 2026, 67.2% of views to new-construction listings came from shoppers outside the listing metro, higher than the 65.4% share for existing-home listings. Southern, relatively affordable markets led cross-metro interest, with Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla., at 83.1%, followed by several other Florida and Carolinas metros.
The national median listing price for new homes was $450,256, essentially flat year over year (-0.1%), while existing-home prices fell 2.0% to $408,317, pushing the new-construction premium to 10.3%. Builders used price cuts more frequently than existing-home sellers (20.0% vs. 18.6%), and new-construction inventory rose 2.8% year over year, keeping new homes at 17.1% of active listings. New homes were slightly larger at a 2,050 square-foot median, with a lower price per square foot ($217) than existing homes ($222).