Home sales touched a fresh low in 2025 as economic uncertainty hammered the housing market. Americans sold 4.06 million previously-owned homes in the year, the National Association of Realtors said Jan. 14. That number contains an initial estimate for December sales, which may be revised. For now, however, the unrounded data show 2025’s total a few thousand lower than 2024, which marked the lowest level of sales since 1995. "There was a bit of hope at the beginning of the year and then it really just tap ...