AGNT CEO Leo Pareja Says the Housing Market Collapse “Already Happened”
Globe Newswire•14/10/2026•12:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤AGNT CEO Leo Pareja says 2027 existing-home sales could fall below 4 million
- ➤Existing-home sales remain near 4 million despite 73 million more U.S. residents
- ➤National median existing-home price reached $429,100, up 1.6% year over year
- ➤246 of the 300 largest U.S. housing markets posted September price gains
- ➤Inventory growth slowed to 5.9% in 2026 from 28.9% in 2025
Expert Statements
Leo Pareja, CEO of AGNT, Inc.
“The collapse already happened three years ago. It happened in the transaction count.”
Leo Pareja, CEO of AGNT, Inc.
“Whether it’s 3.9 or 4.1, life events drive all real estate decisions. It will force people to move no matter what,”
Leo Pareja, CEO of AGNT, Inc.
“The last 20 years were so crazy that we forgot what normal looks like,”
Leo Pareja, CEO of AGNT, Inc.
“We could see a rate with an 8 in front of it way before we see one with a five,”
Leo Pareja, CEO of AGNT, Inc.
“National headlines do not live on your street.”
Leo Pareja, CEO of AGNT, Inc.
“We don’t get paid to fill out contracts. We don’t get paid to coordinate parties. We get paid to help people navigate one of the most important financial decisions of their lives,”
At eXpcon 2026, Pareja says 2027 sales could fall below 4 million for the first time since 1995, but life events will keep the market moving
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- eXp Realty®, “the most agent-centric™ real estate brokerage on the planet” and the core operating subsidiary of AGNT, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGNT), today shared key findings from AGNT, Inc. CEO Leo Pareja’s housing market outlook, delivered at eXpcon in Salt Lake City. Pareja told agents the industry’s biggest correction already happened.
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