Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 25.1% YoY
What this means: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active inventory and new listings. On a monthly basis, they report total inventory. For December, Realtor.com reported inventory was up 22.0% YoY, but still down 15.7% compared to the 2017 to 2019 same month levels. Now - on a weekly basis - inventory is up 25.1% YoY. Realtor.com has monthly and weekly data on the existing home market. Here is their weekly report: Weekly Housing Trends View—Data for Week Ending January 18, 2025• Active inventory increased, with for-sale homes 25.1% above year-ago levels. For the 63rd consecutive week, the number of homes for sale has increased compared to the same time last year. However, the week’s growth was near levels seen throughout the winter, showing a narrower gap between current and previous year listings compared to last summer. • New listings–a measure of sellers putting homes up for sale–increased 17.9%. New listing activity can be bumpy around the holidays as homeowners turn their attention to the season’s festivities. This week brought the highest number of new listings to the market since October suggesting that sellers are ready to get into the market this year. The past two weeks have brought the most new listings so far this winter, getting the year started with a jolt of housing activity. Here is a graph of the year-over-year change in inventory according to realtor.com. Inventory was up year-over-year for the 63rd consecutive week. New listings have jumped recently but remain below typical pre-pandemic levels.
What this means: On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the year-over-year change in active inventory and new listings. On a monthly basis, they report total inventory. For December, Realtor.com reported inventory was up 22.0% YoY, but still down 15.7% compared to the 2017 to 2019 same month levels.
Now - on a weekly basis - inventory is up 25.1% YoY.
Realtor.com has monthly and weekly data on the existing home market. Here is their weekly report: Weekly Housing Trends View—Data for Week Ending January 18, 2025Here is a graph of the year-over-year change in inventory according to realtor.com.
Inventory was up year-over-year for the 63rd consecutive week.
Realtor.com has monthly and weekly data on the existing home market. Here is their weekly report: Weekly Housing Trends View—Data for Week Ending January 18, 2025
• Active inventory increased, with for-sale homes 25.1% above year-ago levels.
For the 63rd consecutive week, the number of homes for sale has increased compared to the same time last year. However, the week’s growth was near levels seen throughout the winter, showing a narrower gap between current and previous year listings compared to last summer.
• New listings–a measure of sellers putting homes up for sale–increased 17.9%.
New listing activity can be bumpy around the holidays as homeowners turn their attention to the season’s festivities. This week brought the highest number of new listings to the market since October suggesting that sellers are ready to get into the market this year. The past two weeks have brought the most new listings so far this winter, getting the year started with a jolt of housing activity.
Here is a graph of the year-over-year change in inventory according to realtor.com. Inventory was up year-over-year for the 63rd consecutive week.
New listings have jumped recently but remain below typical pre-pandemic levels.
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