The Minneapolis Area Association of REALTORS(R) reports:
The Twin Cities housing market continues to adjust to a world without a fancy tax credit. Pending sales leveled off following the slight gains seen the prior week, squatting at 645 signed contracts for the week ending June 19.
While that's steady compared to last week, it's anemic compared to last year at this time when the market posted 1,156 signed contracts. If you're keeping track of percentages, that means we're down 44.2 percent from a year ago—the sixth consecutive week of year-over-year declines exceeding 30 percent.
New listings are also down from a year ago, posting a drop of 8.4 percent from a year ago to 1,712 for the most recent reporting week. Any sort of return to normalcy is going to take some time.
The Supply Ratio for our market indicates there are 5 houses for every buyer.
Pending Sales are incredibly noteworthy. Look at the chart below (it displays in portrait layout but can be printed by clicking on the PRINT icon in the PDF frame below). It clearly shows that pending activity was skewed due to the tax credit, and took a steep drop in May and June. We are hoping to see this begin to tick upwards after the Fourth of July.
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