Stale Listings Hit A Multi-Year High Across U.S. Housing Markets | March 31, 2026

On today’s Hot Sheet, Byron Lazine broke down the latest home price data showing continued cooling, with the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Index up just 0.9% year over year in January while inflation at 2.4% outpaced price growth, leading to slight real declines.

He also reviewed FHFA data showing home prices rose 0.1% month over month and 1.6% annually.

For today’s final topic, Byron covered Redfin’s report that 52.2% of listings sat on the market for at least 60 days in February, the highest share of stale inventory since 2019.