National Housing Report

December Continues Momentum, Marking Eighth Month of 2024 to Surpass 2023 Sales   December became the eighth month of 2024 to top 2023, with home sales up 13.3% over December 2023 and 4.4% above November 2024. The number of homes for sale in the 52 metro markets...

Year-Over-Year Gains Highlight Market Resilience Amid Seasonal Slowdown   November home sales finished 6.3% above a year ago, marking the seventh time a 2024 month has topped its 2023 counterpart. At the same time, sales dropped 11.6% from October, reflecting the...

Home Sales Were Unseasonably Strong While Inventory Climbed October home sales bucked seasonal trends and posted a 6.7% increase over September and were 8.4% higher year-over-year. Year to date, 2024 home sales have exceeded 2023 levels in six of 10 months. Though new...

Inventory Grows as Home Sales Cool, Prices Dip Slightly​ The number of homes for sale climbed for the seventh consecutive month across the 52 metro areas surveyed – 6.4% higher than August and 33.6% above September 2023 levels. New listings also increased 9.7%...

Home Sales Rise 3.8% While Prices Dip, Inventory Grows August’s new listings inched up 1.6% over the previous month after decreasing 9.4% in July and 5.2% in June. Up 7.9% year over year, new listings have remained above 2023 levels in seven of eight months year to...

New Listings Pick Up, While Fewer Homes Sell and For Less July home sales rebounded 3.8% from June while the median sales price dropped for the first time this year across the 51 metro areas surveyed. The median price of $425,000 was $5,000 – or 1.2% – lower than...

Inventory Continues to Increase Amid Modest Median Price Growth and Home Sales Decline June home sales declined 7.2% from May’s strong showing and were down 11.6% year over year – atypical considering June historically has more sales than May. Across the 50 metro...

Inventory Jumped 40%, Home Prices Increased 5%, Sales Exceed 2023 Pace In May, both inventory and new listings grew to levels not seen since the second half of 2022.  The number of homes for sale, as surveyed across 53 metro areas, also increased, rising 8.7% over...

Sales Increase for Third Consecutive Month, New Listings Far Ahead of Last Year April, the gateway to what are traditionally the busiest months for home sales, has set the stage nicely with closings increasing 11.2% over March and 9.0% over last April. Sales have...

Inventory Gains and a Surge of New Listings Highlight a March in Which Sales Climbed from February 2024 But Trailed March 2023 Home sales in March increased 21.6% over February while trailing the March activity of a year ago. At the same time, a 20.9% surge in new...