The New Year Brings More Inventory to the Market
- Newly listed homes increase 37.5% month-over-month
- Homes actively for sale increase 24.6% compared with last year
- Share of listings with price cuts grows 15.6% compared with the same time last year
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite recent increases in mortgage rates, January showed a promising change in seller activity as newly listed homes grew 37.5% month-over-month, according to the Realtor.com® January Monthly Housing Report. Out of the top 50 metros, Sacramento (+31.7%), Phoenix (+27.3%), and Seattle (+24.7%) experienced the greatest bumps in newly listed homes this month compared with the same time last year.
"The shift in seller activity could mark a turning point in the high mortgage rate-induced standoff between buyers and sellers," said Danielle Hale, Chief Economist, Realtor.com®. "The uptick is likely due to some residual benefit from fall's lower mortgage rates, which could fade. But drivers such as the need for families to adapt to life changes and the easing of the lock-in effect, could bring more movement from sellers by year's end."
January 2025 Housing Metrics – National
Metric | Change over Jan. 2024 | Change over Jan. 2019 |
Median listing price | -2.2% (to $400,500) | +38.4 % |
Active listings | +25.3 % | -25.3 % |
New listings | +10.8 % | -18.0 % |
Median days on market | +5 days (to 73 days) | - 8 days |
Share of active listings with price reductions | +0.9 percentage points (to 15.6%) | -0.4 percentage points |
Median List Price Per Sq.Ft. | +1.2 % | +54.9 % |
Sellers Warm Up to the Market a Little More
Newly listed homes were 10.8% above last year's levels, an increase from December's slight rise of 0.9%, which puts new listing activity at its highest January level since 2021 and shows sellers are increasingly warming up to the market. A recent Realtor.com analysis showed the share of mortgage holders with a rate under 6% fell to 83%, down from 88% just one year ago. Per the 2025 Realtor.com® Housing Forecast, that share is expected to decline to 75% by the end of the year.
Furthermore, annual inventory grew for the 15th straight month, with 24.6% more homes actively for sale on a typical day in January compared with the same time in 2024. When it comes to the most active markets, Denver (+54.8%), Las Vegas (+49.4%), and Tucson (+45.0%) experienced the highest increases in active listings year-over-year, while New York (+0.3%), Hartford, Conn. (+1.8%) and Milwaukee, Wis. (+5.0%) experienced the lowest growth in active listings year-over-year.
Price Cuts Increase
In addition to an increase in listing activity, sellers are cutting prices. The share of listings with price cuts grew once again compared with last year. In fact, 15.6% of sellers cut prices in the month of January, up from 14.7% in January 2024. Interestingly, out of the top five markets with the highest share of price reduction, three markets are in Florida: Jacksonville (24.3%), Tampa (24.8%), Orlando (22.3%). In addition to the Florida markets, Phoenix, Ariz. (25.5%) and Portland, Ore. (22.1%) rounded out the top five markets with the highest share of price reductions.
The South and West Get Closer to Closing the Inventory Gap While the Midwest and Northeast struggle
While January saw each of the four regions continue to close the inventory gap, the South and West are leading the way by far. In the West, listings grew by 31.0% while the South experienced a 27.2% growth in listings. The Midwest (+16.8%) and Northeast (+7.8%) trailed behind, though still saw increases. Additionally, when comparing inventory levels to pre-pandemic (2017-2019) levels, the inventory gap is also the smallest in the South (-10.0%) and West (-13.3%), a huge difference between the Midwest, where inventory is still down by 43.6% relative to pre-pandemic levels, and an even larger gap of 58.1% in the Northeast.
A look specifically at the top 50 metros shows Denver (+54.8%), Las Vegas (+49.4%), and Tucson (+45.0%) experienced the highest bumps in inventory growth this January.
January 2025 Housing Overview of the 50 Largest Metros
Metro Area | Median Listing | Median Listing | Median Listing | Median Listing | Median Listing | |
$399,000 | -2.7 % | -0.8 % | 28.8 % | 56.2 % | ||
$494,667 | -9.2 % | -5.2 % | 41.9 % | 54.5 % | ||
$349,900 | 6.8 % | 1.4 % | 17.0 % | 27.1 % | ||
$284,925 | 0.7 % | 0.2 % | 25.6 % | 36.3 % | ||
$799,450 | -1.3 % | 1.4 % | 49.7 % | 69.0 % | ||
$252,450 | 5.2 % | 6.1 % | 40.3 % | 56.6 % | ||
$420,000 | 5.0 % | 1.7 % | 29.2 % | 63.1 % | ||
$343,498 | -2.2 % | 0.7 % | 15.7 % | 31.8 % | ||
$319,450 | -3.2 % | 3.7 % | 33.2 % | 57.5 % | ||
$234,925 | 11.3 % | 14.1 % | 34.3 % | 58.7 % | ||
$340,725 | -7.9 % | 1.2 % | 33.7 % | 61.1 % | ||
$415,500 | -3.6 % | -0.5 % | 22.2 % | 44.7 % | ||
$569,950 | -5.0 % | -1.2 % | 16.9 % | 45.8 % | ||
$239,950 | 4.5 % | 3.8 % | 9.7 % | 28.3 % | ||
$374,500 | -6.4 % | -2.2 % | 38.8 % | 52.3 % | ||
$408,375 | 2.1 % | 12.3 % | 44.6 % | 60.4 % | ||
$359,000 | 0.2 % | -0.7 % | 17.1 % | 38.4 % | ||
$300,000 | -2.4 % | 0.5 % | 23.7 % | 54.0 % | ||
$385,000 | -4.9 % | -2.8 % | 29.6 % | 52.1 % | ||
$374,950 | -10.3 % | -1.9 % | 25.1 % | 44.8 % | ||
$467,500 | 1.6 % | 3.2 % | 48.4 % | 57.3 % | ||
$1,089,500 | -1.0 % | 0.9 % | 47.0 % | 53.2 % | ||
$305,950 | -1.0 % | 1.4 % | 23.1 % | 46.6 % | ||
$329,500 | 2.9 % | 1.8 % | 62.3 % | 68.2 % | ||
$520,000 | -7.9 % | -5.6 % | 33.3 % | 49.0 % | ||
$362,500 | 6.0 % | 8.0 % | 45.2 % | 53.9 % | ||
$425,000 | 0.0 % | -0.2 % | 11.6 % | 27.9 % | ||
$525,000 | -6.2 % | -0.5 % | 47.6 % | 63.5 % | ||
$750,000 | 0.1 % | 0.0 % | 37.6 % | 81.1 % | ||
$312,368 | -2.4 % | 0.4 % | 33.3 % | 46.1 % | ||
$419,900 | -3.5 % | -2.3 % | 40.0 % | 54.8 % | ||
$352,000 | 4.4 % | 5.0 % | 40.9 % | 61.0 % | ||
$512,450 | -4.2 % | 0.0 % | 47.3 % | 60.2 % | ||
$229,700 | -0.1 % | 0.8 % | 39.3 % | 36.5 % | ||
$598,725 | -0.8 % | 0.1 % | 26.4 % | 40.6 % | ||
$521,175 | 3.2 % | 8.3 % | 48.9 % | 54.1 % | ||
$440,000 | -0.1 % | 0.7 % | 25.7 % | 55.3 % | ||
$421,225 | -4.9 % | 2.5 % | 35.9 % | 61.3 % | ||
$599,000 | 2.4 % | 0.5 % | 50.1 % | 59.5 % | ||
$615,000 | -2.4 % | -0.2 % | 36.7 % | 41.3 % | ||
$325,000 | -3.2 % | -2.2 % | 14.0 % | 37.3 % | ||
$950,000 | -2.8 % | -0.7 % | 44.1 % | 64.9 % | ||
$882,000 | -6.6 % | -5.7 % | 6.0 % | 18.3 % | ||
$1,268,000 | -1.6 % | 2.6 % | 26.8 % | 20.4 % | ||
$725,813 | -3.2 % | 0.0 % | 29.0 % | 56.3 % | ||
$274,950 | -0.9 % | -1.6 % | 37.8 % | 30.9 % | ||
$396,973 | -5.4 % | -5.7 % | 49.5 % | 62.7 % | ||
$391,255 | -1.9 % | -0.2 % | 40.0 % | 57.0 % | ||
$389,450 | 2.8 % | 5.5 % | 41.6 % | 54.0 % | ||
$577,000 | -2.9 % | 0.9 % | 31.5 % | 59.5 % | ||
Metro Area | Active Listing | New Listing | Median Days | Median Days | Price- | Price- |
38.1 % | 13.2 % | 66 | 10 | 18.5 % | 2.6 pp | |
16.4 % | 14.3 % | 82 | 5 | 19.8 % | -2.4 pp | |
24.0 % | 4.1 % | 53 | 0 | 11.9 % | -0.3 pp | |
17.6 % | -2.7 % | 75 | 4 | 16.1 % | 1.9 pp | |
7.5 % | 13.8 % | 56 | 3 | 11.2 % | 2.3 pp | |
14.7 % | 6.4 % | 71 | 3 | 7.2 % | 1.0 pp | |
38.0 % | 9.1 % | 67 | 8 | 19.0 % | 2.0 pp | |
8.4 % | 13.2 % | 57 | 2 | 11.1 % | 1.7 pp | |
19.3 % | -8.5 % | 61 | 7 | 13.5 % | -0.2 pp | |
7.9 % | -5.3 % | 65 | 6 | 15.2 % | 0.4 pp | |
30.9 % | 7.5 % | 59 | 4 | 18.2 % | 0.7 pp | |
35.7 % | 12.5 % | 69 | 7 | 20.9 % | 1.6 pp | |
54.8 % | 20.7 % | 72 | 10 | 18.0 % | 2.9 pp | |
10.9 % | 1.1 % | 57 | 7 | 11.9 % | 1.1 pp | |
31.9 % | 19.7 % | 65 | 5 | 13.8 % | 4.8 pp | |
1.8 % | 5.7 % | 51 | -1 | 7.3 % | 0.6 pp | |
25.9 % | 5.9 % | 62 | 3 | 16.6 % | 1.1 pp | |
17.3 % | 5.2 % | 68 | 2 | 19.0 % | 1.0 pp | |
40.0 % | 13.0 % | 74 | 8 | 24.3 % | 3.3 pp | |
11.0 % | -4.3 % | 78 | 2 | 11.6 % | 0.7 pp | |
49.4 % | 24.1 % | 62 | 3 | 16.4 % | 2.3 pp | |
32.9 % | 19.3 % | 64 | 8 | 8.5 % | 0.3 pp | |
15.9 % | -1.5 % | 59 | 6 | 16.9 % | 1.3 pp | |
23.1 % | 17.5 % | 77 | 5 | 18.1 % | -0.3 pp | |
40.8 % | 4.1 % | 79 | 11 | 18.8 % | 0.7 pp | |
5.0 % | 14.0 % | 51 | 5 | 12.0 % | 1.9 pp | |
8.8 % | 4.3 % | 59 | 2 | 10.6 % | 1.5 pp | |
23.1 % | 13.6 % | 65 | 19 | 14.1 % | -0.8 pp | |
0.3 % | 5.1 % | 77 | -3 | 5.8 % | -1.1 pp | |
27.8 % | 17.7 % | 61 | 2 | 17.3 % | -2.2 pp | |
39.4 % | 14.7 % | 81 | 15 | 22.3 % | 2.1 pp | |
11.5 % | 5.0 % | 63 | -3 | 12.3 % | 0.7 pp | |
38.6 % | 27.3 % | 67 | 7 | 25.5 % | 2.5 pp | |
13.9 % | -1.7 % | 84 | 5 | 13.1 % | -2.1 pp | |
20.1 % | 17.3 % | 82 | 11 | 22.1 % | 10.5 pp | |
11.1 % | 12.6 % | 52 | -3 | 13.3 % | 5.4 pp | |
32.2 % | 10.1 % | 71 | 9 | 14.7 % | 3.1 pp | |
13.4 % | -4.6 % | 56 | -5 | 11.8 % | 3.4 pp | |
39.1 % | 14.2 % | 71 | 7 | 14.1 % | 1.7 pp | |
33.9 % | 31.7 % | 61 | 6 | 13.5 % | 2.1 pp | |
15.5 % | -2.5 % | 78 | 3 | 20.9 % | -0.7 pp | |
44.5 % | 15.9 % | 51 | 8 | 12.7 % | 2.7 pp | |
23.9 % | 21.3 % | 56 | 7 | 8.1 % | 1.1 pp | |
19.4 % | 20.6 % | 44 | 2 | 6.0 % | 0.8 pp | |
31.5 % | 24.7 % | 62 | 3 | 11.8 % | 3.9 pp | |
10.0 % | 2.3 % | 62 | 3 | 12.3 % | -1.1 pp | |
27.4 % | 11.8 % | 70 | 6 | 24.8 % | -0.2 pp | |
45.0 % | 22.9 % | 64 | 10 | 18.4 % | -0.7 pp | |
22.2 % | 6.9 % | 52 | 3 | 17.1 % | 2.5 pp | |
35.9 % | 8.9 % | 52 | -1 | 9.1 % | -0.1 pp | |
Methodology
Realtor.com housing data as of January 2025. Listings include the active inventory of existing single-family homes and condos/townhomes/row homes/co-ops for the given level of geography on Realtor.com; new construction is excluded unless listed via an MLS that provides listing data to Realtor.com. Realtor.com data history goes back to July 2016. The 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB-202301) and Claritas 2025 estimates of household counts. With the release of its January 2025 housing trends report, Realtor.com® has restated data points for some previous months. As a result of these changes, some of the data released since January 2025 will not be directly comparable with previous data releases (files downloaded before January 2025) and Realtor.com® economics research reports.
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