【Zillow】The 2026 Home Buying Season’s Fork in the Road (June 2026 Forecast)

We entered 2026 with an optimistic view of the housing market’s year ahead: 2026 wasn’t going to be a normal market, but it was at least a step on the road to a more normal market, meaning sales growth in the range of 4-5% but sales volume still well below the pre-pandemic norm. 

This forecast for the market was largely playing out in the early part of the year, with monthly sales growing 5.5% year-over-year at the end of the first quarter. 

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