What this means: Each week, Realtor.com reports year-over-year changes in active inventory and new listings. They report total inventory on a monthly basis. For January, visit Realtor.com report Inventory increased by 7.9% year over year and decreased by 40% compared to January 2019.
On a weekly basis, inventory is currently up 17.8% year-over-year, but that still means inventory is down about 38% compared to February 2019.
• Available inventory increased, and sales of homes increased by 17.8% compared to the previous year. The number of active listings was above year-ago levels for 16 consecutive weeks. This means that today's home buyers are seeing more homes for sale. actual, Realtor.com January Housing Trends Report It showed that 2024 had the richest inventory levels in the last four years. Despite this, the number of homes on the market is still down nearly 40% compared to the typical 2017-2019 period.
• New listings, a measure of sellers putting their homes on the market, increased 11.9% this week compared to a year ago.. Newly listed homes exceeded last year's level for 18 consecutive weeks. For those shopping from home, this may be even better news than the overall increase in available inventory. A surge in new listings means new options, which is critical for shoppers with a specific list of must-haves. /blockquote>This is a graph showing year-on-year changes in inventory. realtor.com.
Inventory decreased year-on-year for 20 consecutive weeks, but increased year-on-year for 16 consecutive weeks.
Stocks are still very low by historical standards.
Although the number of new listings remains well below „typical pre-pandemic levels,“ the number of new listings has now increased year over year for 18 consecutive weeks.