Leverage is not a mood. It shows up as specific, checkable conditions: how long comparable homes are sitting, how many are competing with each other in one price band, how often prices are being reduced, and how motivated a particular seller is by their own timeline.
These reports look at where those conditions hold and where they do not, one segment at a time, because leverage in one price band or one neighborhood rarely describes the next one over.
Every figure on this topic is reported with its source and its measurement window. See how we measure and our editorial standards.
Guides that explain it
Neighborhoods where it matters most
