March 2024 — What’s causing the Stats to say it’s a BUYERS’ Market and the participants to feel it’s a SELLERS’ one?

Supply and demand right?

Is it a buyers Market with no Buyers?

or

a Sellers market BECAUSE there are so-few Sellers?

With so much Bad news abounding and with Central Banks Stalling on beginning of Rate cuts…

How can Sales be off by so much and yet Prices are Stable?

Prices — 2nd Highest March $1,121,615 up a tiny 1.66% Mth/mth  and tiny 1.17% Yr /Yr

Prices tracking Last yr trends

Sales OVER 2 million are 6.10% of Overall (in keeping with 4 & 6 yr Averages)

Sales are 31% below the 10yr ave

Sales on School Yr chart demonstrates how FAR BELOW average sales (22nd of 29 Marchs) are … BUT Prices Edge up

Short Supply vs Diminished Demand

MONTHS of Inventory only 1.90 months

Inventory 

Equals the March 10 yr

9% ABOVE the 5yr

16.83% BELOW the 16yr Average

New Listings are 17.60% below 10yr

NET-NEW Listings are 32.86% below 10 yr

SNLR traditional is 50% = balanced

After subtracting RE-Lists (can only be sold ONCE)

Suggests Seller’s market 61.37% Sales to NetNew Listings

TRREB’s 13,120 NEW is throwing everything off

Subtracting TRREB’s 2,430 Re-Lists 

New is 10,690 (18.5% as they say)

I say more likely 9,690 to 10,000 about 27.6% less 

Days on Market — Trending MUCH lower

but 35-40% HIGHER than in 5 &10 yrs prior

AFTER INFLATION — are prices higher?

How long until the Current Nominal (as inflation creeps in) equals the Prior Peak?

thus bringing all Sellers out from Under Water?

Composite comparison … Surging

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