Thinking About Selling or Buying in 2026?
Hans & Steve Wydler
Hans & Steve Wydler
Looking ahead, incomes are expected to grow faster than home prices, easing affordability pressures:
Some homes are selling fast, and some buyers have more time. Take a look at the regional differences:
The data reveals pent-up activity waiting for the right conditions. By November 2025, nearly 60% of listings were being withdrawn, signaling a large group of sellers who were ready to move but ultimately held back, creating a high volume of “shadow inventory.”
At the same time, purchase mortgage applications were up 15-25% year-over-year, while sales rose only 2-4%. Buyer interest far outpaced closed sales, contributing to rising “shadow demand.”
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Wydler Brothers have been selling residential real estate for over 20 years in the DC metro area. Along the way, they’ve achieved numerous awards and recognitions, including being recognized as “The Most Innovative Real Estate Agent in America” (Inman, 2014), written several articles for The Washington Post, authored a book, “Inside the Sell”, co-founded a real estate tech company which sold to Move, Inc. in 2013, and built Wydler Brothers into a highly respected boutique brokerage with 70 agents and employees which they sold to Compass in 2019. Currently, Wydler Brothers is among the top 3 teams in the DMV and was the #1 Compass Team in 2022.