Rents up, Existing Home Sales Down, The Housing Recovery is Back on Pause for the Remainder of 2026 (September 2026 Forecast)
Educational Zillow Research expects existing home sales to slip 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter, a setback that still leaves the year up 1.2 percent overall. The headline calls this a pause, and that feels about right: the housing recovery is not reversing, but it is not accelerating