Las Vegas Among Hardest-Hit Cities When It Comes to Home Sale Cancellations
LAS VEGAS, NV – A new report from Redfin indicates that Las Vegas is one of the hardest-hit cities in the nation when it comes to sale cancellations in December 2025, the latest month sales data is currently on record.
In December, buyers across the country put the kibosh on a total of over 40,000 sales agreements, making up 16.3 percent of all deals; this represents a 14.9 percent increase year-over-year, and the highest number of cancelled sales since 2017.
Las Vegas, Nevada has been swept up in this trend, ranking in the top five major metropolitan areas analyzed by Redfin in this respect, with almost 20 percent of homes coming out of escrow in December.
Currently, the average sales price of a single-family home in Las Vegas stands at $439,000.
When broken down to cancellations in major metros, San Jose, California saw the largest annual increase in home purchase cancellations at 6.8 percentage points (ppts) to 8.9 percent in December. It was followed by Oakland, California with 6.3 ppts to 11.3 percent; Sacramento, California with 4.7 ppts to 17.9 percent; Atlanta, Georgia with 4.4 ppts to 22.5 percent; and Las Vegas with 3.5 ppts to 19 percent.
Chen Zhao, head of economics research at Redfin, said that there are a number of factors that are contributing to the jump in sale cancellations, leading to buyers being more willing to pump the brakes and adopting a “wait and see” approach to the market.
High housing costs and rising inventory have made homebuyers more selective,” he said. “Home sellers outnumber buyers by a record margin, meaning the buyers who are in the market have options and may walk away if they believe they can find a better or more affordable home.”
The good news for buyers, according to Redfin, is that “mortgage payments have declined recently thanks to a drop in mortgage rates, and price growth is also easing,” with Redfin economists expecting “affordability to gently improve in 2026 as wages rise faster than housing costs.”
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Christopher Boyle is an expert investigative journalist for SEARCHEN NETWORKS® and reports for independent news and media organizations in the United States. Christopher keeps a keen-eye on what’s happening in the Vegas real estate market on behalf of Shelter Realty Property Management