ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2026--
Homes.com, a CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) leading online residential marketplace, released its April 2026 housing market report, showing that national home prices continued to rise modestly compared with a year earlier, even as conditions varied widely across major metropolitan areas. The national median home sale price in April was $390,000, up 1.7% from April 2025. Active listings rose 6.3% year-over-year, marking a continued expansion in inventory that is increasingly shaping local market outcomes. Home sales were also slightly higher than a year ago, increasing 0.6% year-over-year, even as affordability constraints continued to weigh on sales activity.
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Market‑level differences become more visible
April data highlighted sharp contrasts across large markets that reflected differences in supply-and-demand conditions. In San Francisco, persistently tight supply and robust demand were reflected in home prices that grew 7.6% year-over-year as sales increased while inventory contracted. Just south of San Francisco, San Jose followed a markedly different path with prices falling 2.6% from a year earlier and sales declining 1.9% while inventory expanded by 8.4%. The growing divergence between neighboring Northern California markets illustrates how metros that are so closely linked can move in vastly different directions as local conditions evolve.
Outside the West Coast, several Midwest markets continued to post relatively strong price growth. Median home prices increased by more than 7% in Cleveland, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh, and grew strongly in several other markets, even as each experienced year‑over‑year growth in the number of homes available for purchase. These patterns suggested that inventory expansion alone has not been sufficient to restrain price growth in markets where demand has remained resilient.
“These differences reflect how national price growth is increasingly shaped by local supply conditions,” said Brad Case, Homes.com Chief Residential Economist. “Markets where inventory remains tight are still seeing prices hold up or rise, while prices are showing clearer signs of softening in other markets—even very nearby ones—with more inventory or greater sensitivity to demand shifts.”
Overall, April data at the national level pointed to a housing market that gradually continues to normalize. However, expanded inventory, modest price growth, and slightly higher sales at the national level have masked substantial variation in price, sales, and supply conditions across regions and large metropolitan markets.
Additional market insights and reports are available at https://www.homes.com/reports/.
About Homes.com
The Homes.com Network is the fastest-growing residential real estate marketplace and the second largest in the United States. Homes.com is a brand of CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces, which acquired the platform in 2021.
Homes.com is the first major U.S. real estate portal to focus first on helping homeowners and their agents leverage the marketing power of the internet to bring more potential buyers to their listings. Homes.com’s unparalleled content and search capabilities bring millions of buyers and sellers to the site where they can seamlessly connect with agents. On average, Homes.com’s Members gain $36,400 in commission in their first year* because they offer the home sellers a real estate portal that works for them not against them.
The Homes.com Network reached an audience of 108 million average monthly unique visitors in 2025** and organic traffic to Homes.com was up more than 100% year-over-year every month of the first quarter of 2026. For more information, visit Homes.com.
* Based on an internal analysis of approximately 11,000 Member agents, which showed an average annual commission increase of $36,400. This figure represents an average and is not a guarantee of future performance. Individual results may vary based on market conditions, agent activity, and other factors.
** The Homes.com Network (which includes Homes.com, the Apartments Network, and the Land Network) average monthly unique visitors (108 million) for the year ended December 31, 2025, according to Google Analytics.
About CoStar Group
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), an S&P 500 company, is a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology. Founded in 1986, CoStar Group is dedicated to digitizing the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve their businesses and lives.
CoStar Group’s major brands include CoStar, a leading global provider of commercial real estate data, analytics, and news; LoopNet, the most trafficked commercial real estate marketplace; Apartments.com, the leading platform for apartment rentals; Homes.com, the fastest-growing residential real estate marketplace; and Domain, one of Australia’s leading property marketplaces. CoStar Group’s industry-leading brands also include Matterport, a leading spatial data company whose platform turns buildings into data to make every space more valuable and accessible; STR, a global leader in hospitality data and benchmarking; Ten-X, an online platform for commercial real estate auctions and negotiated bids; and OnTheMarket, a leading residential property portal in the United Kingdom.
CoStar Group’s websites attracted 131 million average monthly unique visitors in the first quarter of 2026, serving clients around the world. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, CoStar Group is committed to transforming the real estate industry through innovative technology and comprehensive market intelligence. From time to time, we plan to utilize our corporate website as a channel of distribution for material company information. For more information, visit CoStarGroup.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump scored another win Tuesday against a Republican rival, dislodging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill.
Massie has been a particularly difficult thorn in Trump’s side. He pushed for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, opposed the war with Iran and voted against Trump’s signature tax legislation last year. He lost to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein following the most expensive U.S. House primary in history.
Massie had tried to convince Republicans that they could support both himself and Trump at the same time, a proposition that has been tried unsuccessfully in other races around the country and didn't work here either.
Still, Massie will remain in Congress until his term ends in January, and without a Republican primary on the horizon, he now has a freer hand than ever to antagonize Trump.
Massie’s defeat is another sign that Republicans give their politicians vanishingly little leeway to cross Trump, who is bent on retribution and has persuaded his voters to defeat his adversaries again and again.
Here are some things to continue watching as votes roll in across Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
Trump has repeatedly shown that Republican primary voters will follow his lead, even as his popularity wanes with the broader electorate.
Before Massie's loss Tuesday, Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana failed to even make the runoff Saturday, unable to repair his relationship with Trump five years after voting to convict him during his second impeachment trial. And earlier this month, Trump successfully dislodged five of seven Indiana Republicans he targeted for voting against his redistricting plan.
Trump is flexing his influence in other places Tuesday.
In the race for Georgia governor, Trump is backing Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in an unexpectedly ugly battle for the Republican nomination. Jones, who comes from a wealthy Georgia family, has given his campaign $19 million. But billionaire Rick Jackson, a health care tycoon, has put more than $83 million of his fortune into the race. Trump’s endorsement power has rarely been tested against that level of lopsided spending.
Trump stayed on the sidelines of Georgia’s Senate race, leaving a crowded field of hopefuls seeking to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, who’s running unopposed for his party’s nomination. But in Alabama, Trump endorsed Rep. Barry Moore for Senate to replace Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor.
After staying on the sidelines of a Senate runoff in Texas that's taking place next week, Trump on Tuesday endorsed Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
It’s no secret that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro may run for the White House.
But on Tuesday, the Democrat’s political clout will be tested in his home state, where he’s working to elect a slate of House candidates that he thinks will give his party the best chance to flip Republican seats in the fall.
Shapiro’s endorsed candidates include Paige Cognetti, mayor of Scranton; Bob Brooks, president of the state firefighters’ union; and Janelle Stelson, a former television news personality who narrowly lost two years ago.
As popular as he may be, Shapiro’s endorsements haven’t scared off Democratic rivals, who are fighting to defeat the governor’s picks — and perhaps send a message that he’s not as strong as he’d like to be with the 2028 presidential contest looming.
Georgia is about to feature a fresh case study in the divergent paths available to Republicans who defy Trump.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan were among the few Republicans to speak out against Trump’s attempt to overturn his 2020 loss.
Both are now running for governor — Raffensperger as a Republican and Duncan as a Democrat — and both are trying to convince voters to look past things they said in the past.
Raffensperger is spending millions of his own money trying to reintroduce himself to Republicans by reminding them of his long career in conservative politics before defying Trump.
Duncan, meanwhile, is trying to convince Democratic voters that they can trust him after renouncing his prior opposition to abortion rights, gun control and the expansion of Georgia's Medicaid program.
The primaries will go to a runoff on June 16 if nobody gets 50% of the vote on Tuesday.
Confusion may reign across Alabama on Tuesday as votes cast in four of the state’s seven congressional districts may not be counted.
That’s because Republican Gov. Kay Ivey moved just last week to postpone the primaries until Aug. 11, emboldened by the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that hollowed out the Voting Rights Act. Republicans across Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee are now scrambling to redraw congressional boundaries to eliminate some majority-Black U.S. House districts to maximize their political advantage.
Over the weekend, thousands of civil rights activists rallied in Alabama against the changes, but the redistricting plan is moving forward.
That means that ballots cast Tuesday in primaries for Alabama’s 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th congressional districts will be voided, the secretary of state says, while state officials restore a previous set of Republican-drawn district boundaries.
You’d be excused for being confused. Alabama voters will still choose nominees Tuesday as planned for the 3rd, 4th and 5th congressional districts, as well as for U.S. Senate and a full slate of state and local offices.
The late Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., was the fourth Democrat to die in office this term, fueling a growing restlessness on the left over the party's aging leadership. Scott, who was 80 when he died, was seeking a 13th term.
Scott's name will appear on the ballot alongside five other candidates running in the Democratic primary, but votes for him will not be counted. Whether someone wins on Tuesday or the race goes to a runoff on June 16, the Democratic nominee is almost certain to win the general election in a district that tilts overwhelmingly toward the Democrats.
A special election on July 28 will decide who finishes the remainder of Scott's term, with a runoff on Aug. 25 if nobody gets a majority.
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson speaks to the Atlanta Young Republicans in Atlanta Thursday, May 7, 2026 (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
Georgia Republican candidate for governor Burt Jones speaks to supporters Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Smyrna, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Republican congressional candidate for Kentucky, Ed Gallrein, stands for a portrait during the Kenton County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Covington, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, sits at a table alone in the studio ahead of a Kentucky Educational Television (KET) debate, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)
President Donald Trump gestures to reporters as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington, on return from Beijing where he met with China's President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
