U.S. homebuyers are starting to gain more clout when negotiating home purchases — just not on Long Island.

Long Island was the second-strongest seller’s market in the country in July, according to an analysis from real estate brokerage Redfin.

Nationwide, the report found that sellers outnumbered buyers in July by about 36%, the widest margin since at least 2013, according to the report published last week. In certain markets in Florida and Texas, there were more than double as many listings as buyers.

But the reverse was true on Long Island, with home shoppers exceeding the number of listings by 40.5%. Only the Newark metropolitan area, which includes six New Jersey counties, was tilted further in favor of sellers. Of the 50 most populous metro areas in the U.S. only five favor sell

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