Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for the Twin Cities

Weekly Housing Market Activity Report for the Twin Cities

For Week Ending May 4, 2019
Publish Date: May 13, 2019 • All comparisons are to 2018

The national chatter over the past couple of weeks has been about royal babies,
exciting NBA and NHL playoff games, heightened talk of higher tariffs for China,
lackluster tech IPOs and, of course, who will sit on the Iron Throne. Mixed in with
those conversations have been thousands of discussions about the housing market
at coffee shops, over backyard fences and at real estate industry conventions. The
selling season is upon us, and homes are moving quickly.
In the Twin Cities region, for the week ending May 4:
• New Listings decreased 1.6% to 2,029
• Pending Sales decreased 12.9% to 1,338
• Inventory increased 1.1% to 9,897
For the month of March:
• Median Sales Price increased 6.5% to $275,000
• Days on Market increased 15.8% to 66
• Percent of Original List Price Received decreased 0.5% to 98.6%
• Months Supply of Homes For Sale increased 5.6% to 1.9