Even as the national housing market slowed to a crawl in August, a handful of metros, half in the Midwest, defied the trend with the fastest-selling homes in the U.S.
The typical U.S. home waited for a buyer for 60 days, a full week longer compared with a year ago, according to the August 2025 Housing Market Trends report from Realtor.com®.
Yet in Milwaukee the median for-sale property remained unsold for just 32 days—roughly half the national days-on-market figure for August, making it the fastest-selling metro among the top 50…