Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Sales Are Up but Inventory is Down -- what's going on?

For the first half of 2017 the number of residential sales recorded by the San Francisco MLS is up almost 9% compared to the first half of last year -- 2,533 vs 2,332. 


That's the busiest first half since 2014.

But looking at active listings during the first week of each month it is clear that listings are not keeping pace with sales.

This graph shows active listings at the beginning of each month for years 2010 through2019.  Each year follows roughly the same month-to-month pattern -- low numbers in January building to a peak in May/June followed by a lull in July/August followed by another peak in October and then falling off through the end of the year.  The last three or four years active listings have been very low compared to the four previous years.


This trend can be seen on a monthly basis.  Here we show the number of active listings by the five categories of single family homes and condos we track.


Single family homes (both 3/2 and 2/1)and 2/1 condos show the fewest listings while 1/1 and 2/2 condos have significantly more.

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