• News Corp-backed Realtor.com report reframed US luxury housing as percentile-based, splitting the market into seven tiers with wide regional price dispersion.
• As of May 2026, the national entry to luxury (90th percentile) was USD 1.28 million; high-end (95th) USD 2 million; ultraluxury (99th) USD 5.57 million.
• Million-dollar listings rose to 13.8% of active inventory, up from about 9% before the pandemic-era price surge.
• Luxury entry ranged from about USD 759,000 in Huntsville, Alabama to USD 35.6 million on Fisher Island, Florida; Aspen’s 90th percentile was about USD 24.95 million.
• Budget outcomes diverged sharply: USD 1 million sits in the luxury tier in lower-cost metros, while it covers less than half the market in Los Angeles.

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