Homes are ‘not moving’ in these 5 American markets with steep price cuts

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · May 25, 2026 · 358 words · By Fox Business

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Homes are ‘not moving’ in these 5 American markets with steep price cuts See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleThe housing market remains hot in much of the country, with rising prices creating affordability concerns for would-be buyers – though some markets are seeing sizable amounts of price cuts over the last month.

Common ground

Data from Realtor.com found that nationally, the share of active listings that carry a price reduction was at 16.7% in April – a figure that is elevated compared with historical trends but is actually lower than a year ago as prices trended toward an…

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Claim 1: “Denver-Aurora-Centennial, Colorado: Change year-over-year: -2.8 percentage points”

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Claim 2: “Denver-Aurora-Centennial, Colorado: Share of listings with price cuts: 24.35%”

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Claim 3: “Several markets across the Sun Belt and Mountain West regions have seen price cuts more frequently than the national average”

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Multiple sources confirm that price cuts are most prevalent in Sun Belt and Mountain West markets, specifically mentioning Phoenix and Tampa as leaders.

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Claim 4: “San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas: Median list price: $324,700”

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Claim 5: “Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida: Change year-over-year: -4.2 percentage points”

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The specific year-over-year change of -4.2 percentage points for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater is only reported by Realtor.com.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 25, 2026 ... ... year. Florida housing markets' year-to-year changes • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater: Active listings down 20.2%, with 4 fewer days on the ...
https://www.facebook.com/realtor.com/posts/sellers-are-slash…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 17, 2026 ... While the price-reduced share for the metro is 24.1%—a slight 0.7 percentage point decrease—the fact that nearly a quarter of all listings have ...
https://www.realtor.com/advice/hyperlocal/homes-under-400000…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 5, 2026 ... Tampa Bay Market Update – July 2025 New data shows home prices in the Tampa–St. Petersburg metro are down 6.3% since July 2022. While some ...
https://www.facebook.com/LivingInTampaFlorida/posts/heres-ho…

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Claim 6: “Denver-Aurora-Centennial, Colorado: Median list price: $587,000”

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Claim 7: “Portland-Hillsboro-Vancouver, Oregon and Washington: Median list price: $579,750”

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Claim 8: “Phoenix and Tampa had 31.3% and 29.3% of listings with price cuts last year, respectively”

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Three independent sources (Yahoo Finance, IndexBox, and another news report) confirm the specific figures of 31.3% for Phoenix and 29.3% for Tampa.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tampa ( TAM-pə) is a major city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Hillsborough County. Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of O…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tampa International Airport (IATA: TPA, ICAO: KTPA, FAA LID: TPA) is an international airport six miles (9.7 km) west of Downtown Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The airport is …
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Claim 9: “Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, Arizona: Median list price: $499,000”

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Two independent sources (Fox Business and another report) confirm the median list price for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler was $499,000.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and a suburb in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the fourth-most populous city in Arizona, after Phoenix, T…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Phoenix Metropolitan Area (Metro Phoenix) consists of a valley that has multiple city regions in it. The East Valley is a multi-city region within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of Arizona. East Va…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, the Salt River Valley, metro Phoenix, or locally, The Valley, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the Southwestern Unite…
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Claim 10: “Portland-Hillsboro-Vancouver, Oregon and Washington: Change year-over-year: 0.7 percentage points”

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Claim 11: “nationally, the share of active listings that carry a price reduction was at 16.7% in April”

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Three independent web sources (Florida Realtors, a Monthly Housing Report, and a news article) all explicitly state that the national share of active listings with price reductions was 16.7% in April.

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Claim 12: “Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, Arizona: Share of listings with price cuts: 29.1%”

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Three independent sources (Fox Business, Daily Mail Online, and another report) confirm the 29.1% figure for the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler market in April.

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Claim 13: “Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida: Median list price: $406,500”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the median list price of $406,500 for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater.

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Claim 14: “Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, Arizona: Change year-over-year: -2.2 percentage points”

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Two independent sources (Fox Business and another report) explicitly state the year-over-year change for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler was -2.2 percentage points.

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web search NEUTRAL — Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. Share of listings with price cuts: 29.10%. Year-over-year change: -2.2 percentage points. Median list price: $499,000. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
https://www.fox9.com/news/top-5-us-housing-markets-where-hom…

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Claim 15: “Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida: Share of listings with price cuts: 25.13%”

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The specific figure of 25.13% is only mentioned in the Realtor.com source. Other sources (Fox Business, NY Post) provide a different figure (29.3%) for Tampa, creating a discrepancy, but the 25.13% figure itself is only found in one place.

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Two of the metro areas also led Realtor.com's report about major markets with price cuts in April 2025, as Phoenix and Tampa had 31.3% and 29.3% ...
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/5-cities-seeing-big-home…

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Two of the metro areas also led Realtor.com's report about major markets with price cuts in April 2025, as Phoenix and Tampa had 31.3% and 29.3% ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/real-estate/these-5-cities-are…

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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · Median list price: $499,000. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Share of listings with price cuts: 25.13%. Year-over-year change: -4.2 ...
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/price-reductions-cut-hom…

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Claim 16: “Portland-Hillsboro-Vancouver, Oregon and Washington: Share of listings with price cuts: 24.04%”

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Claim 17: “San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas: Share of listings with price cuts: 24.95%”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the share of listings with price cuts for San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas.

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Claim 18: “San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas: Change year-over-year: -0.7 percentage points”

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