ATTOM, the leading provider of property data, AI-powered analytics, and real estate intelligence solutions, released its latest “US Home Sales Report,” which shows that homeowners made a 44.1% profit on typical single-family home and condo sales during the first quarter of 2026. That was down from 47.2% in the previous quarter and from 50.2% in the first quarter of 2025.
That 44.1% profit margin is the lowest since the first quarter of 2021, continuing a gradual decline from the recent peak of 63.5%. Despite the drop, margins remain historically high compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Home prices held steady quarter-over-quarter at USD 360,000 but were up 3% year-over-year from USD 350,000 in the first quarter of 2025.
Nationwide, the typical single-family home or condo sold for a raw profit of USD 110,100 in the first quarter of 2025, down 5% from the previous quarter and 6% from the same time last year.
“The first quarter is typically a slower sales season and that was compounded this year by rising mortgage rates. After the record high home prices we saw last summer, prices appear to be leveling out,” said Rob Barber, CEO of ATTOM.
“The profit margins sellers enjoyed over the last few years, which were consistently over 50%, were unusual. But even with the most recent dip, margins are still well above the 30% return on investment sellers were seeing before the pandemic,” he added.
Seller profit margins fell quarter-over-quarter in 74.2% (95 of the 128 metropolitan statistical areas) in ATTOM’s analysis. Metro areas were included in the report if they had more than 1,000 home sales in the first quarter of 2026 and sufficient data to analyze.
Profit margins fell year-over-year in 82.8% of the metros. The metro areas with the largest annual falloffs in home sale profit margins were Ocala, FL (down from 119.4% in the first quarter of 2025 to 58.1% in the first quarter of 2026).