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U.S. House Costs Hit New All-Time Excessive, Pushing Pending Gross sales Down 5%


Pending home sales posted their biggest decline since February during the four weeks ending June 30. The good news for prospective buyers: There are more new listings to choose from, and monthly housing payments are down nearly $100 from their April peak as mortgage rates decline.

We’re taking a break from analysis this week; please see the bullet point and charts below for the latest housing-market data. We’ll be back with full commentary in next week’s report. Happy 4th of July!

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Leading indicators

Indicators of homebuying demand and activity
Value (if applicable) Recent change Year-over-year change Source
Daily average 30-year fixed mortgage rate 7.13% (July 2) Up from a 3-month low of 6.97% three weeks earlier, but down from a 5-month high of 7.52% in early May Up from 7.03% Mortgage News Daily 
Weekly average 30-year fixed mortgage rate 6.86% (week ending June 27) 4th straight week of declines; lowest level since week ending April 4 Up from 6.71% Freddie Mac
Mortgage-purchase applications (seasonally adjusted) Decreased 3% from a week earlier (as of week ending June 28) Down 12% Mortgage Bankers Association
Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index (seasonally adjusted) Essentially unchanged from a month earlier (as of week ending June 30) Down 17% Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index, a measure of requests for tours and other homebuying services from Redfin agents
Touring activity Up 21% from the start of the year (as of June 30) At this time last year, it was also up 11% from the start of 2023 ShowingTime, a home touring technology company 
Google searches for “home for sale” Down 4% from a month earlier (as of July 1) Down 20% Google Trends 

Key housing-market data

U.S. highlights: Four weeks ending June 30, 2024

Redfin’s national metrics include data from 400+ U.S. metro areas, and is based on homes listed and/or sold during the period. Weekly housing-market data goes back through 2015. Subject to revision. 

Four weeks ending June 30, 2024 Year-over-year change Notes
Median sale price $397,954 4.9% All-time high; biggest increase since March
Median asking price $409,975 6.1% Biggest increase since October 2022
Median monthly mortgage payment $2,749 at a 6.86% mortgage rate 6.5% $88 below all-time high set during the 4 weeks ending April 28
Pending sales 87,160 -4.6% Biggest decline in 4 months
New listings 100,989 9.9% Biggest increase in 2 months
Active listings 967,516 17.5%
Months of supply  3.3 +0.7 pts.  4 to 5 months of supply is considered balanced, with a lower number indicating seller’s market conditions. 
Share of homes off market in two weeks  41.6% Down from 47%
Median days on market 32 +5 days
Share of homes sold above list price 32.3% Down from 36%
Share of homes with a price drop 6.9% +2.1 pts.  Highest level on record
Average sale-to-list price ratio  99.7% -0.3 pts. 

 

Metro-level highlights: Four weeks ending June 30, 2024

Redfin’s metro-level data includes the 50 most populous U.S. metros. Select metros may be excluded from time to time to ensure data accuracy. 

Metros with biggest year-over-year increases Metros with biggest year-over-year decreases Notes
Median sale price Anaheim, CA (14.7%)

Newark, NJ (13.5%)

Nassau County, NY (12.6%)

New Brunswick, NJ (11.7%)

Fort Lauderdale, FL (11.1%)

Austin, TX (-2.1%)

Dallas (-1.5%)

San Antonio (-0.2%)

Declined in 3 metros

Pending sales San Jose, CA (18.2%)

San Francisco (6.1%)

Pittsburgh (4.8%)

Providence, RI (2.8%)

Boston (2.2%)

West Palm Beach, FL (-16.4%)

Houston (-13.4%)

Atlanta (-12%)

Miami (-11.7%)

Minneapolis (-10.7%)

Increased in 9 metros
New listings San Jose, CA (49.2%)

Seattle (28.7%)

Miami (24.8%)

Boston (24.3%)

Montgomery County, PA (22.2%)

Atlanta (-7.7%)

Detroit (-0.4%)

Declined in 2 metros

Refer to our metrics definition page for explanations of all the metrics used in this report.



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