What’s Happening In The Market?
February Updates
Please note: this SFAR data is for Jan 2025
U.S. existing-home sales advanced for the third straight month, climbing 2.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.24 million units, a 10-month high, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). Sales were up 9.3% year-over-year, driven largely by purchases of homes priced $500,000 and above. Month-over-month, sales rose in the South, Northeast, and the West but fell in the Midwest, with all four regions reporting year-over-year gains.
New Listings were up 18.4 percent for single family homes and 17.6 percent for Condo/TIC/Coop properties. Pending Sales increased 22.6 percent for single family homes and 34.6 percent for Condo/TIC/Coop properties.
The Median Sales Price was down 9.7 percent to $1,422,500 for single family homes and 10.0 percent to $990,000 for Condo/TIC/Coop properties. Months Supply of Inventory decreased 26.7 percent for single family units and 17.6 percent for Condo/TIC/Coop units.
According to NAR, total housing inventory was 1.15 million units heading into January, a 13.5% decrease from the previous month but a 16.2% increase from the same period one year earlier, for a 3.3-month supply at the current sales pace. Housing supply remains down compared to pre-pandemic levels, and the limited number of homes on the market continues to push sales prices higher nationwide, with the median existing-home price rising 6% year-over-year to $404,400.
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