Real Estate

US Home Deals Fell Apart at a Record Rate for June, Redfin Says

  • More sellers are cutting asking prices on listed homes
  • Properties have been lingering on the market for longer

Buyers are become more skittish in the face of record-high home prices and interest rates hovering just under 7%. 

Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg
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US home deals were canceled at the highest rate on record for a June as affordability pressures sidelined potential buyers.

Nearly 56,000 home purchases were canceled last month, equal to about 15% of all homes that went under contract that month, Redfin Corp. reported Tuesday. That’s the highest share of cancellations for June in the brokerage’s data going back through 2017.