Are we tilting into a buyer’s market? Nationally, there are now 47% more sellers than buyers, the highest such gap in over a decade. In Austin, the imbalance is as much as 128% more sellers than buyers. For the first time since the early 2000s, there are more homeowners with rates that are at 6% and above — 21% of all mortgages — compared to those with 3% and under, which now comprise 20%. Around 1.2 million homes are for sale: at the height of the pandemic, inventory bottomed out at 850,000, yet it remains well below the 2 million figure that was considered the norm before 2020. (NY TIMES)

2/26/2026