2026 Housing Market Predictions: Seller Pain is Far From Over

Dave: We did it. We made it through the first half of 2026. Spite all the negative housing news, despite all the doom and gloom about the economy, the market is doing okay and we made it through. And today on On the Market, we’re doing our mid-year update. I’m here with Kathy Fettke and James Dainard. We’re going to recap the first half of 2026, then we’re going to make predictions about the second half and talk about what we’re looking forward to in the back half of the year. This is On the Market. Let’s get to it. Hey everyone. Welcome to On the Market. I’m Dave Meyer here with James Dainard and Kathy Fettke to recap the first half of 2026, which both simultaneously to me felt very eventful and also like nothing at all happened. There’s just so much news and here we are. It’s just kind of the same as it was six months ago, or at least that’s how I’m interpreting, but excited to talk to you both about this. Let’s just jump right into the conversation. Kathy, how would you summarize the first half of 2026? Kathy: Kind of like somebody who’s learning how to drive stick, sort of like, then all of a sudden it stalls out. So I’m hoping the second half we’ll figure it out. We’ll be able...