U.S. Housing Starts 2026 With Listing Surge, Higher Inventory, Steady Prices

Overview

• HousingWire’s weekly tracker shows 50,303 new listings for the week ending Jan. 16, up 29% week over week and 9.7% year over year.
• Total single-family inventory reached 695,628 homes, a 10.5% increase from the same week in 2025, signaling easing supply constraints.
• Pending home sales rose to 50,096, with recent weekly readings described as the highest in many years, pointing to stronger buyer engagement.
• Pricing held firm with a $419,000 median list price and a $399,900 median for new listings, while 34.2% of listings took price cuts, near last year’s pace.
• Realtor.com’s snapshot for the week ending Jan. 17 reports active inventory up 9.5% year over year, homes spending 6 more days on market, new listings up 4.2%, and the median listing price down 0.3% from a year ago.