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Seven months into 2026, the housing market is showing signs of from the pandemic-era frenzy that drained supply, pushed prices to record highs, and brought activity to a standstill. Buyers have more homes to choose from than they did at the start of the year, competition in a few slower markets, and price growth has remained relatively modest. Affordability is still a and is limiting activity, though.

But not all markets are seeing the same trends. Some cities in the Midwest, Northeast, and Bay Area have become and as buyers fight over a dwindling inventory. On the other end of the spectrum, many cities in the Sun Belt have as buyers from previously overheated prices and , leaving listings sitting for months.

Let's take a look at how the market is doing as we enter the second half of 2026. How have prices changed? How many homes are selling? took a look at several metrics, such as median sale price, active listings, days on market, and more to help buyers and sellers navigate the housing market today.

Metro-level data is not seasonally adjusted and represents the average monthly median for January-June 2026. National-level data is seasonally adjusted except for median sale price.

Mid-year housing market trends: Lake Charles

• Median sale price: $240,938 (+4.9% YoY)
• Homes sold: 182 (+23.0% YoY)
• Active listings: 1,081 (-2.8% YoY)
• New listings: 225 (-5.5% YoY)
• Months of supply: 4.8 (-1.8 YoY)
• Median days on market: 80.0 (-21.1 YoY)
• Share of homes delisted without selling: 3.2% (-2.0 YoY)
• Share of delistings relisted: 1.0% (-1.3 YoY)
• Share of homes sold above original list: 5.7% (-1.4 YoY)
• Share of homes sold in two weeks: 23.7% (+18.4 YoY)

Mid-year housing market trends: Nationwide

• Median sale price: $391,879 (+1.5% YoY)
• Homes sold: 296,950 (+1.5% YoY)
• Active listings: 1,482,500 (+2.6% YoY)
• New listings: 380,227 (-0.4% YoY)
• Months of supply: 3.9 months (flat YoY)
• Median days on market: 49.5 days (+4.2 days YoY)
• Share of homes delisted without selling: 5.6% (+0.3 ppts YoY)
• Share of delistings relisted: 2.4% (+0.3 ppts YoY)
• Share of homes sold above original list: 21.4% (-1.6 ppts YoY)
• Share of homes sold in two weeks: 30.8% (-1.1 ppts YoY)

Please see for explanations of these data points.