US EditionHome sellers outnumber buyers by widest margin on record, Redfin says
Redfin reported about 631,000 sellers nationally, a 47% surplus over buyers amid high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty impacting demand.
- Last month, Redfin estimated home sellers outnumbered buyers by 47%, roughly 631,000, marking the largest gap since 2013 based on national listings and buyer data.
- Redfin found active buyers fell to the lowest level in 12 years last month as homebuyers pulled back due to high prices, mortgage rates, layoffs and uncertainty, while supply rose in Sun Belt pandemic boomtowns and sellers who bought near the market peak delayed resetting expectations.
- Among Sun Belt metros, Austin recorded 17,259 sellers and 7,555 buyers, a 128.4% surplus, the widest gap among top markets.
- Some sellers in Dallas, TX are underwater due to record-high supply this year, with one taking a 10% loss, while mispriced homes linger as many refuse to lower prices.
- Long-Term mortgage rates have eased recently to their lowest in over 3 years, while homeowners with sub-3% mortgage rates decline, easing the `lock-in effect` and aiding inventory recovery, analysts say.
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Homebuyers gain the upper hand as sellers swamp the market
Sellers in the U.S. housing market are outnumbering buyers by a large margin, giving potential buyers who were in the market negotiating power. But it's not making a dent in the affordability crisis.In December, there were an estimated 47.1% more home sellers than buyers in the U.S. housing market, which is the largest gap in records since 2013, according to a recent report from Realtor.com. That's up 7.1% from a month earlier, which was also th…
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The housing market is shifting in favor of buyers. Indeed, there were an estimated 37.2% more home sellers than buyers in the market in November, marking the largest gap since 2013, not including last summer, Redfin reports. This comes as 30-year fixed mortgage rates hit 6.06% on Jan. 13, their lowest level in over three years, according to new data from Freddie Mac.
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