Weekly Market Activity Report

For the week ending November 20, Pending Sales in the Twin Cities metropolitan area declined by just 4.1 percent from year-ago levels, marking the second week in a row where this year's sales figures closely match last year's numbers. There were 579 pendings for the week, and we have kept pace at about 600 sales per week for the past six months.
At 1,159, New Listings were 1.3 percent below 2009 levels. This year's listing activity has occasionally strayed from last year's trend line but has, for the most part, tracked along a fairly similar path.
As expected, the year-over-year inventory gains have been tapering off. As of November 29, the 24,423 active listings were 9.6 percent fewer than last year at this time. That's the third consecutive week of decreasing inventory gains. This metric does a great job of illustrating the buyer-seller balance as the market prepares for hibernation.

Weekly Market Activity Report

Pending Sales in the 13-county Twin Cities metro experienced its smallest decrease since the end of May. The 611 purchase agreements signed for the week ending October 23 were 34.0 percent fewer than the same week in 2009. While still in the red, it’s not to the extent we’ve seen the past few months.
Seller activity held fairly stable at 1,303 New Listings for the week. This made for an 8.9 percent dip from last year’s levels and was roughly on par with the 7.8 percent average decline over the past three months.
Inventory is still high. As of November 1, it stands at 25,706 Active Listings, an 11.5 percent jump since last year at this time. The pace of inventory activity should continue to decline as we step toward winter.