What this Week’s Data Means: We are in the middle of the summer season, historically the peak of homebuying activity. In a typical year, the warmer months are abuzz with transactions, as families with school-age children seek larger homes and urban professionals look for a beach home. This year’s summer housing markets are feeling the […]
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Weekly Housing Trends: Week of May 14, 2022
What this Week’s Data Means: The real estate refresh has arrived, as active listings posted sizeable gains for the first time in three years. And the year-over-year gap closed rapidly, going from flat to convincingly positive territory in the span of a week. As anticipated in our April Housing Trends report, we saw the number of homes […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of February 26, 2022
What this Week’s Data Means: With a slight retreat in interest rates, the week saw an advance in housing market activity, as buyers sought to find the right home. Active inventory continued shrinking, but the gap from a year ago narrowed further, pointing toward a more promising spring season. Underscoring the trend, the number of […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of February 19, 2022
What this Week’s Data Means: Climbing mortgage rates kept fueling competition in the housing market this week as home prices continued to grow at a higher pace than we saw last week. During the same week the previous year, a severe, nationwide storm disrupted the housing market, as many markets contended with snow and a severe freeze. […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of February 5, 2022
What this Week’s Data Means Sentiment among homebuyers and potential sellers may have dipped in January, but it hasn’t dampened activity according to the indicators we track weekly. Realtor.com’s weekly housing data points to a brisk housing market as we move into February. The pace of home price growth ticked higher and homes are selling even faster than […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of January 22, 2022
What this Week’s Data Means Realtor.com’s weekly housing data points to continued competitiveness in the market at the start of 2022 despite rising interest rates and double-digit home listing price growth. Homes are still spending over a week less on the market compared to a year ago and the gap isn’t showing any signs of […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of December 11, 2021
What this Week’s Data Means: With the number of new sellers dipping relative to year ago levels, Realtor.com’s weekly housing data points signaled an increase in market competitiveness this week after a more mixed reading last week. Homes are spending less time for sale now compared to this time last year and the gap is growing. […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of October 23, 2021
What this Week’s Data Means: As we approach the end of October, the housing market is in a holding pattern at a relatively brisk level of activity. Indicators from home price growth to the change in active inventory and time on the market remain stuck in a narrow range relative to one year ago, neither heating […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of October 2, 2021
What this Week’s Data Means: Early fall is usually the best time of year for buyers to purchase a home, with the nationwide optimal time for homebuyers expected to be this week. With September inventory hitting 2021 highs, this season holds promise even though one of the big take-aways from this week’s data is that weakness in the […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of September 25, 2021
Our research team releases regular monthly housing trends reports. These reports break down inventory metrics like the number of active listings and the pace of the market. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we want to give readers more timely weekly updates. Generally, you can look forward to a Weekly Housing Trends View near the […]
