abc NEWS Sellers are pulling homes off market at fastest pace in years. Here's why

abc NEWS Sellers are pulling homes off market at fastest pace in years. Here's why "This is re-freezing the housing market," one expert By Max Zahn June 8, 2026, 4:43 PM ET I think it's going to be a cruel summer for home sellers this year and I think it's finally going to be the time that you see a lot of areas that have their home prices come down with the cost of insurance taxes it's just gotten too unaffordable for people so home sellers if they were desperate enough they're gonna start dropping their price or they're gonna be removing them from the market and we've seen that a lot throughout the United States home sellers stalled market for another summer season have been removing their houses off the market because they're not getting their price I do wanna put out there that some home sellers think it's the real estate agent's fault that their home isn't selling and they're not in their mindset of what home buyers are looking for they still have a bunch of clutter and I just bought a house here in Pittsburgh MY HOUSE Pennsylvania in that affordable housing price range and you wouldn't believe how many people left their house just disgusting I got very fortunate with the house that I ended up getting because sellers still have it mindset that like the house is gonna sell with all their crap around that the home prices are finally barreling down to reality are we gonna just end up in another AOL Help Sign in New home sales plunge as stalled-out housing market leaves buyers frustrated INDEPENDENT New home STALLED Market for another summer season NEW HOME SALES SLIP IN MAY