Summer 2025 was strongest homebuyer's market in over a decade

Summer 2025 delivered the strongest market for U.S. homebuyers in more than a decade, according to a new report from Redfin.

In August, there were an estimated 506,000 more home sellers than buyers, a 35.2 percent difference.

That divide was even wider in June, when sellers outnumbered buyers by an estimated 36.3 percent, the largest gap between the two groups since 2013.

Number of homebuyers falling

While buyers may appear to have the upper hand, that's partly due to the lack of people in the market. The number of homebuyers across the country in August was 1.44 million, the lowest level since 2013, excluding the start of the pandemic.

This decline can be attributed to rising home prices, general economic uncertainty and high mortgage rates, which, although falling, remain double the