10 cooling US housing markets with the highest share of price cuts
If you're shopping for a home right now, you're in a position previous buyers didn't have: sellers are cutting prices at historic rates in certain markets.
Best US metros for first-time homebuyers under $300k in 2026
Finding a home under $300k as a first-time buyer requires knowing where your money actually stretches. We've analyzed Zillow data across US metros to ident
Housing market cheat sheet: how to read Zillow Research data like a pro
The Zillow Research data dashboard publishes dozens of metrics every week, but most of them blur together without context. Learning to read three key indic
How to time the bottom of a slowing metro — a data-driven framework
Calling a market bottom is impossible. But you can watch three public metrics that tell you when a cooling market has stopped cooling, and that's when most
Why days-on-market matters more than list price in 2026's housing market
If your home has been on the market for more than 60 days, you're already sending a signal that the asking price may be too high. Days-on-market (DOM) is t