Real Estate — Home Prices Stagnate at +0.2% YoY Growth as 100 Major Markets Show Declines

Real Estate · 2026-02-25

The U.S. residential real estate market is exhibiting clear signs of structural bifurcation, with price growth effectively flatlining at +0.2% year-over-year according to Zillow's Home Value Index. This represents a dramatic deceleration from the +2.6% growth rate observed in the previous year, suggesting that market fundamentals are reaching an inflection point. The convergence of proposed…