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Home sellers now outnumber buyers by 63%, a post-crash record

Listings are piling up nationwide as expensive mortgages and shaky finances scare shoppers away; the 'for sale' signs are winning by a landslide.

On air: Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman on The Five O'Clock
Published 4:34 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

At a glance

First reported by New York Post: “America’s home sellers now outnumber buyers by 63% — the biggest gap since the housing crash”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 4:34 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman.
Topics: North America.

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New York PostAmerica’s home sellers now outnumber buyers by 63% — the biggest gap since the housing crash

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHome sellers now outnumber buyers by sixty-three percent, according to the New York Post, the widest gap since the housing crash, as listings stack up across the country.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPricey mortgages, shaky finances, and a whole nation holding a for sale sign at a party nobody came to.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut think about the buyers, Dale! Every open house in America has a tray of cookies and a realtor who'd practically give you the keys.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorStale cookies. The realtor has been eating them alone since two thousand nine, and he's not well.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSixty-three percent!
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSoon everyone's selling to everyone else, in a circle, and nobody moves. I'll buy a house when the seller pays me.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'm writing that down, and I'm holding you to it.