Homes for Sale by City
3 of 10 tracked U.S. metros saw homes for sale rise over the past month. Houston moved most at +0.85%; Boston least at −7.93%.
Homes for sale across 10 tracked metros, and how far each moved over one month. 3 rose and 7 fell — from Houston at +0.85% (+111) down to Boston at −7.93% (−189). Bigger tiles moved further.
Every metro, every measure
| City | Home prices1M | Price cuts1M | Rent prices1Y | Homes for sale1M | Buyer competition1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $788,761 −0.06% · −$480 | 21.3% −6.16% · −1.4 pts | $3,209 +3.23% · +$100 | 2,194 −7.93% · −189 | 45 +2.27% · +1.0 |
| Austin | $552,101 +0.27% · +$1,475 | 29.8% −0.69% · −0.2 pts | $1,659 −0.27% · −$4 | 5,805 −2.29% · −136 | 44 +1.95% · +0.8 |
| New York | $767,944 +0.39% · +$2,971 | 12.8% −6.55% · −0.9 pts | $3,136 +5.30% · +$158 | 17,529 −3.72% · −677 | 47 +9.30% · +4.0 |
| Los Angeles | $911,968 +0.05% · +$471 | 22.2% +0.49% · +0.1 pts | $2,738 +0.65% · +$18 | 8,073 +0.44% · +35 | 62 +1.64% · +1.0 |
| Chicago | $335,515 +0.78% · +$2,587 | 21.9% +9.02% · +1.8 pts | $1,862 +5.73% · +$101 | 5,571 −0.50% · −28 | 62 −3.13% · −2.0 |
| Dallas | $295,216 +0.12% · +$347 | 31.0% +1.08% · +0.3 pts | $1,572 +1.17% · +$18 | 4,836 −0.53% · −26 | 50 0.00% · 0.0 |
| Houston | $249,757 +0.02% · +$57 | 26.9% +0.55% · +0.1 pts | $1,551 −0.08% · −$1 | 13,125 +0.85% · +111 | 47 0.00% · 0.0 |
| Miami | $602,196 +0.35% · +$2,101 | 18.1% −1.51% · −0.3 pts | $2,736 +0.72% · +$20 | 5,678 −0.84% · −48 | 41 0.00% · 0.0 |
| Atlanta | $378,382 −0.03% · −$116 | 27.4% +1.52% · +0.4 pts | $1,891 +2.59% · +$48 | 5,156 +0.82% · +42 | 46 0.00% · 0.0 |
| Seattle | $798,214 −0.12% · −$919 | 29.0% −2.67% · −0.8 pts | $2,290 +0.67% · +$15 | 2,559 −0.12% · −3 | 61 +4.23% · +2.5 |
What this map shows
Which cities have the most homes for sale right now?
Houston leads on homes for sale at +0.85% (+111), and Boston sits at the other end at −7.93% (−189). 3 of 10 tracked metros rose and 7 fell. Inventory is a count, so the figures here are homes rather than dollars, and a metro with more ZIP codes will naturally carry a larger total — the change matters more than the level. Open the Houston housing market for the ZIP-level breakdown.
What does a change in homes for sale tell you?
Inventory is the leading indicator on this map: supply turns before price does. Rising inventory hands negotiating room to buyers and usually shows up in price cuts before it reaches sale prices; falling inventory takes that room back. Whether it has reached prices yet is visible in home prices by city.
Why are these metros and not cities?
Housing data is published for metro areas, and a metro is what people actually move between — someone leaving Dallas for Houston is not comparing two city halls. So "Dallas" here means the Dallas–Fort Worth metro, and the underlying figures come from its ZIP codes, which are ranked individually in home prices by ZIP code.
How often does this update?
Once a month, with the same published snapshot the rest of the site uses — currently 2026-09. It is not a live feed: housing data is published monthly, and a map implying minute-by-minute movement would invent precision the source does not have. The rules behind each measure are in the HomeMarketCap.com methodology.
Each row is a metro area rather than a city boundary: “Dallas” means the Dallas–Fort Worth metro, which is the level housing data is published at and the level people actually move between. Typical home value and rent are the median across a metro’s tracked ZIP codes; homes for sale is the metro total. Figures come from the same monthly snapshot as the rest of the site (2026-09) and are defined in the HomeMarketCap.com methodology.
Compare another measure: home prices by city · rent prices by city.
Go one level finer with home prices by ZIP code, set two markets against each other in metro comparisons, or open a single market from the full market directory.