by Calculated Risk July 8, 2024 8:13 AM
Altos reported that active single-family home inventory increased 1.1% week over week. Inventory is up 32.1% from its seasonal low in February. The highest level since July 2020.
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This inventory graph is Altos Research.
As of July 5, inventory was at 653,000 units (7-day average), down from 646,000 units the previous week.
Inventories remain well below pre-pandemic levels.
The second chart shows the seasonal patterns of active single-family home inventory since 2015.
The red line is for 2024 and the black line is for 2019. Note that while inventory is up 75% from the all-time low for the same week in 2021, it is still well below normal levels.
Inventory increased 40.0% compared to the same week in 2023 (up 38.4% the previous week) and decreased 31.2% compared to the same week in 2019 (down 33.2% the previous week).
Same-week inventories next week should surpass 2020 levels.
As of June 2023, inventory was down about 54% compared to 2019, so the gap with normal inventory levels is slowly closing.
