{
  "id": 1755077,
  "title": "Pending Home Sales Drop to 2nd Lowest on Record, Plunge to Record Low in the West, to Near-Record Low in the South",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/pending-home-sales-drop-to-2nd-lowest-on-record-plunge-to-record-low",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T16:59:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Wolf Street",
    "slug": "wolf-street",
    "url": "https://wolfstreet.com/2026/08/18/pending-home-sales-drop-to-2nd-lowest-on-record-plunge-to-record-low-in-the-west-to-near-record-low-in-the-south/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Stuck in the mud at the bottom for a 4th year, after the 2020-2022 home-price explosion.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Home Depot rides America’s housing affordability problem to sales increase on home DIY projects",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/home-depot-rides-americas-housing-affordability-problem-to-sales",
        "published": "2026-08-18T13:41:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}