# Home listings pile up in October, but sellers won’t slash prices

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/home-listings-pile-up-in-october-but-sellers-wont-slash-prices/
- Published: 2026-11-09T13:54:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T21:52:52+00:00
- Original publisher: CNBC (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/09/home-listings-pile-up-in-october-but-sellers-wont-slash-prices.html
- Topics: Business

## Key points

- Active US home listings rose 7.4% year on year.
- New listings fell, but sellers mostly held their prices.
- Pending sales dropped 16.8% as affordability worsened.

## Summary

The US housing market remained sluggish in October as buyers pulled back while sellers largely held firm on prices. The resulting build-up of homes for sale matters because it is bringing supply closer to pre-pandemic levels, even as high borrowing costs continue to deter purchases.

Realtor.com counted 183,500 active listings, up 7.4% from a year earlier, the fastest annual rise in eight months; new listings, however, fell 7.5%. Just over one in five sellers cut prices, with no meaningful rise in delistings. Zillow said newly pending sales fell 16.8% year on year, while the typical monthly mortgage payment reached $2,004, up 12.8% from October 2025.

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