Housing year-over-year comps need context for the rest of 2026

Inventory climbed to 883,683 as mortgage rates moved above 6.64%, while last year’s same week saw inventory fall to 846,529. Last year I saw that the housing market was shifting in mid-June and that it would take six to nine months for people to understand what was happening. Sales were about to grow, inventory growth was about to slow down and we had no data whatsoever to even remotely talk about a housing price crash [1].

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1. housingwire.com · Housing year-over-year comps need context for the rest of 2026 Sep 5, 2026

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