Real Estate

First-time buyers accounted for just 22% of U.S. primary residence purchases in the National Association of Realtors’ 2026 survey, up from the previous year’s record low of 21%. Their median age stayed at 40, matching the highest level in the survey’s history. Together, the figures show how little has changed for Americans trying to buy

India’s housing market is showing renewed activity, with Hyderabad and Bengaluru recording the strongest annual sales growth among seven major urban markets. Yet the recovery comes alongside a growing stock of unsold homes, raising questions about how quickly buyers can absorb the projects developers are launching. According to ANAROCK Research’s July–September 2026 data, sales across

A shaded courtyard can offer more than an attractive view. When afternoon temperatures rise, it can make outdoor space usable, reduce heat around a building and improve everyday comfort. Similarly, a garden designed to absorb rainfall can serve a practical purpose when heavy showers overwhelm paved surfaces. These benefits are giving landscaping a broader role

India’s festive season is traditionally a busy time for home sales. Many buyers see it as an auspicious moment to make a major purchase, while developers use the season to launch projects, offer incentives and bring undecided customers back to the negotiating table. This year, interest in housing remains, but buyers are taking a closer

For most of the past decade, the housing market script was simple: the Sun Belt wins, the Rust Belt loses. Florida and Texas absorbed waves of relocating buyers, no state income tax made headlines, and Midwest metros quietly got left out of the conversation. In 2026, that script has flipped in a way even seasoned

The U.S. housing market delivered a genuinely strange headline this summer: home prices hit an all-time high at the exact moment mortgage rates climbed toward their highest level in over a year. The median existing-home price reached $440,600 in June 2026, according to the National Association of Realtors — marking the 36th consecutive month of

After years of buyers watching home prices climb faster than their savings, 2026 has delivered something genuinely different: a national housing market that’s barely moving at all. Multiple major forecasters are now converging on a strikingly similar message — home price growth this year is landing somewhere between flat and barely positive, a dramatic slowdown