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United States

Reporting period: August 2026 · Monthly snapshot retrieved 9/7/2026.

Monthly data is checked automatically each day at 19:35 UTC. Validated releases replace the snapshot; a failed check keeps the last good data. Source histories may be revised.

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Listings with a price cut

20.4%

+0.1 percentage points vs last year

Price-reduced listings

402,572

+1.4% vs last year

Active listings

1,140,035

+3.6% vs last year

Median days on market

60

0 days vs last year

Median asking price

$424,500

-1.3% vs last year

Pending listings

451,902

-0.6% vs last year

What the signals suggest

The indicators do not all point to greater buyer negotiating room. Read the measures together rather than treating price cuts alone as a market verdict.

Price-cut share: +0.1 percentage points vs last year. Inventory: +3.6% vs last year. Time on market: 0 days vs last year.

A reduction can reflect an ambitious initial asking price. These aggregate figures do not prove falling home values or predict a crash. Property type, neighborhood and price range can differ from the metro average.

Three years of price cuts

Bar lengths show the publisher’s monthly price-cut share on a fixed 0–100% scale. The table includes the underlying values.

United States: monthly listing measures. An asterisk marks publisher-flagged data.
MonthPrice-cut shareReduced listingsActive listingsMedian days
August 202620.4%402,5721,140,03560
July 202620%404,3441,126,25257
June 202618.8%388,7141,102,61553
May 202617.5%353,9041,058,69452
April 202616.7%327,4021,002,94152
March 202616.3%294,082947,87257
February 202615.5%259,196916,61670
January 202614.4%224,520914,40678
December 202512.9%201,776978,51073
November 202518.1%327,7081,074,03464
October 202520.3%388,9561,101,59563
September 202519.9%387,1661,102,00662
August 202520.3%397,1001,100,37160
July 202520.5%413,5881,104,42758
June 202520.7%416,7861,084,12053
May 202519%372,9721,037,68451
April 202517.9%335,962960,83150
March 202517.4%302,268894,10653
February 202516.8%262,672849,22766
January 202515.6%233,322830,79973
December 202412.8%187,200872,81870
November 202416.7%282,000953,46562
October 202418.6%322,850955,13558
September 202418.5%323,664937,97756
August 202419.2%330,460909,35653
July 202419.5%339,964884,08051
June 202418.4%320,884839,96548
May 202416.7%283,462787,73345
April 202415.5%250,924734,33247
March 202415%220,244694,85050
February 202414.6%201,428664,75061
January 202414.7%182,936665,60469
December 202312.7%160,552714,21561
November 202318%256,442755,53052
October 202318.9%276,998738,12050
September 202317.8%263,496702,47248

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Source & definitions

Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research, Residential Real Estate Data Library. Coverage includes single-family homes and condos/townhomes in the publisher’s US and metro series. Metro boundaries follow the publisher’s revised history.

  • Price-cut share is the published price_reduced_share field. We do not calculate it by dividing monthly reductions by active inventory.
  • Reduced listings count price reductions during the month. Active and pending inventory are snapshot measures, so their denominators differ.
  • Days on market measures time from first listing to closing or removal. Asking prices are not completed sale prices.
  • Comparisons match the same calendar month one year earlier. Share changes use percentage points; count and price changes use percent. Missing data stays unavailable, and flagged comparisons are withheld.
  • This source does not supply the typical dollar size of a reduction here, or individual address histories.

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