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Market Report - March 2023

 

Market Report - March 2023



Nationally, existing home sales jumped 14.5% month-over-month as of last measure, the first monthly gain in 12 months, and representing the largest monthly increase since July 2020, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). The sudden uptick in sales activity stems from contracts signed toward the beginning of the year, when mortgage rates dipped to the low 6% range, causing a surge in homebuyer activity. Pending sales have continued to improve heading into spring , increasing for the third consecutive month, according to NAR.

New Listings were down 18.9 percent to 652. Pending Sales decreased 19.3 percent to 536. Inventory grew 69.9 percent to 919 units.

Prices moved higher as Median Sales Price was up 7.2 percent to $504,000. Days on Market increased 45.1 percent to 148 days. Months Supply of Inventory was up 100.0 percent to 2.0 months.

Monthly sales might have been even higher if not for limited inventory nationwide. At the current sales pace, there were just 2.6 months’ supply of existing homes at the beginning of March, far below the 4 – 6 months’ supply of a balanced market. Inventory remains suppressed in part because of mortgage interest rates, which nearly hit 7% before falling again in recent weeks. Higher rates have continued to put downward pressure on sales prices, and for the first time in more than a decade, national home prices were lower year-over-year, according to NAR, breaking a 131- month streak of annual price increases.

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