Tag Archives: Housing Inventory

According to HUD, a certain number of single-family homes are removed from inventory each year. Where do those homes go?

It’s no secret that for-sale residential housing is in short supply around the country. With that being the case, do homeowners even have any motivation to sell their homes?

It’s no secret that housing inventory is tight. Demand is also high. But that doesn’t mean people are buying, analysis shows.

Based on data from the last two months, demand for housing appears to be on its way back up.

The bad news is that on a nationwide basis, housing inventory continues to decline. The good news is, according to one analysis, it will not last forever.

It has been a record breaking summer for residential housing in the United States, according to one analysis. Lately, however, the market has shown signs that things may be slowing down.

While the average number of days on the market for a single-family home ticked up from May to June nationwide, that number is shrinking in about a third of the states.

Housing inventory is tight and homes are selling at an increasingly faster rate, which begs the question: Is inventory tight because homes are selling quickly, or are homes selling quickly because inventory is tight?

The highest share of first-time buyers in four years boosted existing-home sales for June, but concerns around tight inventory and rapid home price appreciation still linger.

Nationwide, housing supply is low while prices continue to rise. What markets have been able to respond best to the increased demand for housing?