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33 of the top 50 metros experienced year-over-year price declines AUSTIN, Texas , July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The national market is cooling overall, but the pace and severity of the slowdown varies widely across regions, according to the latest  Realtor.com ®  July Housing Trends Report . The South and West are shifting decisively in favor of buyers, with rising inventory, deeper price cuts, and longer time on market.

New report reveals how even the city's "affordable" boroughs are pushing renters to the brink, yet closing the affordability gap could take decades AUSTIN, Texas , July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new analysis from Realtor.com® paints a startling picture of New York City's rental market. The median asking rent in NYC accounted for 55% of a typical household income in the second quarter of 2025, almost 10% above the national median in the for-sale market, which sits at 44.5% and more than double the recent share for typical renters  across the U.S.

Buying is gaining ground as the rent advantage shrinks in 37 of the 50 largest U.S. metros AUSTIN, Texas , July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest Realtor.com ®  Rental Report for June 2025 shows that the median asking rent for 0–2 bedrooms is down 2.1% year over year to $1,711. And, even after 23 straight months of annual declines, the U.S. median rent in June was only $48 (-2.7%) below its August 2022 peak.

Delistings rise as some sellers choose to wait out the market AUSTIN, Texas , July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Realtor.com® June Housing Trends Report reveals a new stand-off between buyers and sellers in today's evolving real estate landscape. While active inventory climbed 28.1% year-over-year to hit a fresh post-pandemic high, some homeowners are choosing to pull their listings from the market.

Pittsburgh, Detroit, and St. Louis are the only affordable large metros, while buyers in Los Angeles potentially need to spend more than 100% of the median income on a home AUSTIN, Texas , June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In today's major housing markets, affordability isn't just strained, it's nearly extinct. According to a Realtor.com ®  Affordability Report, the typical U.S. household would need to spend 44.6% of their income to afford a median-priced home as of May 2025, well above the recommended 30% threshold.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS; NWSLV) announced today the extension of Robert Thomson's contract, which will see him continue as Chief Executive through June 2030. The extension is a recognition of Mr. Thomson's exceptional track record of transformational leadership, value creation and effective advocacy for journalism and intellectual property protection. Since Mr. Thomson's appointment as Chief Executive in 2013, News Corp has undergone significant transfo.

As rents have cooled, most major U.S. metros saw median rents pace below national inflation in the last 6 years: San Francisco (-3.2%), Minneapolis, Minn. (3.9%), Oklahoma City, Okla.

Recovery Splits the Map as the West and South Bounce Back, and Other Regions Struggle to Catch Up AUSTIN, Texas , June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. housing market is staging a comeback, but the rebound is sharply divided, according to the May Monthly Housing Trends Report from Realtor.com ®. The number of homes for sale in the U.S. topped 1 million for the first time since Winter 2019, but only metros in the South or West have fully returned to pre-pandemic inventory levels as the Northeast and Midwest remain stuck in a supply squeeze.

Despite larger international housing shopper share in the U.S., demand from Canada – the leading source – has fallen AUSTIN, Texas , June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- International demand was a larger share of U.S. housing demand, as 1.9% of Realtor.com® online traffic came from international home shoppers in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 1.7% in the first quarter of 2024, according to a report from Realtor.com ® .  This overall growth comes despite a decline in demand from Canada, the top source of international home shopping to the U.S., from 40.7% in the first quarter of 2024 to 34.7% in the first quarter of 2025.

Austin, Texas ranks first with the lowest rent-to-income ratio and a booming tech scene Minneapolis, Minn., and Raleigh, N.C.