Scatter plot showing year-over-year change in home improvement visits against year-over-year change in new home listings across the 30 most populous US metros in Q2 2026. Points are colored by Census region: West, South, Midwest, and Northeast. A trend line slopes upward from left to right, indicating that metros with stronger listing growth generally saw stronger visit growth. Metros cluster along that line: Austin, at roughly 10% fewer new listings, saw visits fall about 2.6%, while New York, at roughly 15% more listings, saw visits rise about 1.4%. Most Western metros, including Los Angeles, sit in the lower left with listings and visits both down; most Northeastern and Midwestern metros sit in the upper right with both up. New listings data is from Realtor.com Monthly Housing Inventory.