Real estate market guides

Straight answers on US home prices, market-analysis tools and where the market is heading, grounded in the same live Zillow Research data behind LOKAL's 43 metro pages. No fluff, no forecasts we can't back up.

What this covers, in figures
8	guides, each answering one question a client actually asks
43	metro pages the figures in them are drawn from
10,057	ZIP-code pages underneath, for the agent who farms one area
July 2026	the Zillow Research period behind every number quoted
$29	a month for the tool these guides describe

Free real estate market analysis tools

The free real estate market analysis tools and data sources agents actually use in 2026, what each one is good for, and …

Best real estate market analysis software

How to choose real estate market analysis and comparative market analysis (CMA) software in 2026: the categories, the ev…

Real estate market analysis vs appraisal

Real estate market analysis vs appraisal: who does each, what they cost, whether they're binding, and when to use a CMA …

Will home prices drop, and where are they already falling?

Nobody can predict an exact drop, but the current data shows which US metros already have falling prices. See where pric…

How much are home prices up?

How much home prices are up right now, by the numbers: the year-over-year median change across US metros, the fastest-ri…

Why are home prices so expensive?

Why home prices are so expensive, explained: low inventory, the rate lock-in effect, construction costs, demographics an…

Home prices near me, right now

Find home prices near you: the current median sale price for major US metros, updated monthly from Zillow Research. Pick…

Housing market vs stock market

Housing market vs stock market compared: liquidity, leverage, volatility, income and long-run returns, in a plain-Englis…

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Data from Zillow Research.