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.
(NASDAQ: RDFN) — Pending home sales posted their biggest decline since February during the four weeks ending June 30, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. The median sale price rose 5% from a year ago, hitting an all-time high. New listings jumped 10%.
Redfin issued a shortened report due to the Fourth of July holiday; full data is provided below:
For Redfin economists’ takes on the housing market, please visit Redfin’s “From Our Economists” page.
Leading indicators
Indicators of homebuying demand and activity |
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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) |
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Decreased 3% from a week earlier (as of week ending June 28) |
Down 12% |
Mortgage Bankers Association |
Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index (seasonally adjusted) |
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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 |
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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” |
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Down 4% from a month earlier (as of July 1) |
Down 20% |
Google Trends |
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 |
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. |
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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% |
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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% |
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Median days on market |
32 |
+5 days |
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Share of homes sold above list price |
32.3% |
Down from 36% |
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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. |
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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. |
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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%)
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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 |
To view the full report, including charts, please visit: https://www.redfin.com/news/housing-market-update-home-prices-record-high-sales-decline
About Redfin
Redfin (www.redfin.com) is a technology-powered real estate company. We help people find a place to live with brokerage, rentals, lending, title insurance, and renovations services. We run the country's #1 real estate brokerage site. Our customers can save thousands in fees while working with a top agent. Our home-buying customers see homes first with on-demand tours, and our lending and title services help them close quickly. Customers selling a home can have our renovations crew fix it up to sell for top dollar. Our rentals business empowers millions nationwide to find apartments and houses for rent. Since launching in 2006, we've saved customers more than $1.6 billion in commissions. We serve more than 100 markets across the U.S. and Canada and employ over 4,000 people.
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Contacts
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