After five years of worsening, housing affordability has finally started to improve, according to a new Redfin study. 

With mortgage rates approaching 6%, 5.5 million additional buyers that could not qualify for a mortgage one year ago would qualify at today’s lower rates, the National Association of REALTORS® said. 

It’s the fifth consecutive monthly increase.

In a rare housing market shift, newly built homes saw price reductions more frequently than existing homes in late 2025 for the first time in recent history, according to a new report from Realtor.com.  

As the housing market continues to adjust, design and community strategy have become drivers of buyer preference, according to Jenni Nichols, vice president of design at John Burns Research and Consulting.

Zillow’s Home Value Index shows that in 13 of the past 20 years, home values in the metro area of the Super Bowl champion grew faster than the national average.

South Florida homes in Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Broward and Naples lingered on the market. That’s according to the latest Housing Scorecard.

Both Miami and Fort Lauderdale will experience a wind-down in the pace of new apartment construction this year, according to Marcus & Millichap’s 2026 Miami Multifamily Investment Forecast.

Miami offered prime conditions for buyers — meaning options abounded and price remained in check.

Despite declining pending home sales in all four regions of the country, certain metros saw steady annual gains, including Miami.

While some trends flicker before fading away, others are here to stay, according to experts. To help make sense of this, we dove deep with the professionals to better understand key local trends.

Middle-income seniors stand to be affected most by projected shortages — those who don’t qualify for subsidized housing but can’t afford new construction.

Investor-led purchases made up 34% of all single-family residential sales in the third quarter of 2025, up 25.5% year over year and 1% from the second quarter.

Total home sales in Miami-Dade County grew 5.9% year-over-year in December from 1,764 to 1,869.

Affordability challenges continue to bedevil homebuyers, despite mortgage rates falling to a three-year low, the National Association of Home Builders reported. 

Research showed a disproportionately high share of foreign-born workers active in the construction trades nationally in 2024.