Housing Market’s Blue Christmas: Pending Sales Slide Most Since 2001

Housing Market’s Blue Christmas: Pending Sales Slide Most Since 2001

If misery loves company, then prospective US home buyers and sellers should organize a little get-together.  New data out Wednesday from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) showed US pending home sales fell in December to the lowest levels since the wary days of April 2020. Call it a Nobody’s Market, with both buyers and sellers facing unfavorable conditions. And it may only get worse. But don’t fret, Americans on both sides of the housin…

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 levels.

Pending Home Sales in US Drop Nearly 10 Percent in December: NAR

Pending home sales across America experienced a 9.3 percent decline from November to December 2025. In its Jan. 21 pending home sales report, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) indicated last month’s numbers also represented a 3 percent year-over-year decrease in pending sales. “The housing sector is not out of the woods yet,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in the report. “After several months of encouraging signs in pending contr…

Whip It? US Pending Home Sales Fall To All-time Low

Whip it! Will Powell and The Fed whip rates lower? Bill Pulte has failed so far in making housing affordable. And don’t get me started on The Feral Reserve. As a consequence of high home prices and relatively high mortgage rates, pending home sales have hit an all-time low. Gone are the days of Janet Yellen and ZIRP (zero interest rate policies).

Why the entire U.S. housing market could collapse in 2026

The U.S. housing market has been a contentious topic for years, with high prices relative to income and the sheer number of vacant homes generating at least one popular conspiracy theory. The latest numbers regarding pending sales have only added fuel to the fire, and the entire market appears in danger of collapsing in 2026. In December 2025, month-over-month pending home sales fell across four different regions in the U.S. for a total index de…

Pending home sales fall in December amid low inventory

Pending home sales fell sharply in December to a five-month low as low inventory, labor market worries and limited entry-level homes outweighed lower mortgage rates. The post US pending home sales slump to five-month low in December first appeared on Idaho Business Review.