Housing Market Activity Returns to Growth After Memorial Day Blip

This Zillow Weekly Market Report includes housing market data as of the week ending June 6[i]

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Jun 12, 2020, 08:00 ET

SEATTLE, June 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Housing market activity picked back up last week after a hiccup during the week of Memorial Day, Zillow's Weekly Market Report shows. Newly pending sales returned to growth after last week marked the first dip since mid-April. And new listings are up 17% from the previous week, but it appears to not be enough to keep up with buyer demand as total inventory continues to fall.

Newly pending sales bounce back after holiday weekend dip

Newly pending sales grew 13.6% from the previous week, and are up 28.5% month over month.
Phoenix and Denver are the only two large metros where newly pending sales fell from the week prior.

New listings are back on the upswing, but not keeping up with buyer demand

New listings are up 16.9% week over week after slowing during the week of Memorial Day. They remain 19.8% lower than a year ago.
Total for-sale inventory fell 2.6% from the week prior as sales picked back up, and is now down 27.4% annually.

List prices continue to tick up as expensive listings make up a bigger share of the market

The median list price in the U.S. is $333,372, 1% higher than a week ago and up 4.2% from this time last year. Continued growth in expensive listings, which make up a greater share of the market than they did a month ago, is a driving force behind the rise in median list price.
List prices are up the most from last year in Cincinnati (up 19.2%), and have fallen the most in Chicago and Baltimore (down 1.9%).

Unemployment puts millions in rental payments in limbo

Zillow research shows newly unemployed service workers owe $1.2 billion in rent each month, and the millions of Gen Zers who have moved back in with their parents pay $726 million monthly.
If moves home become permanent or some payments are missed as government assistance and protections expire, rent price growth could slow.

Metropolitan Area	Newly Pending Sales - MOM	Newly Pending Sales - WOW	Total For- Sale Listings - YOY	New For- Sale Listings - YOY	New For- Sale Listings - MOM	Median List Price - YOY
United States	28.5%	13.6%	-27.4%	-19.8%	26.0%	4.2%
New York, NY	90.7%	53.6%	-32.7%	-20.8%	80.4%	3.3%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	54.6%	9.0%	-28.8%	-16.2%	17.5%	7.8%
Chicago, IL	34.1%	17.8%	-27.9%	-19.2%	33.0%	-1.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	18.7%	5.9%	-19.1%	-12.5%	18.4%	-0.5%
Philadelphia, PA	93.6%	16.3%	-38.8%	-15.7%	51.4%	7.7%
Houston, TX	30.1%	13.6%	-17.4%	-14.9%	2.4%	1.5%
Washington, DC	11.5%	0.1%	-39.7%	-11.4%	33.7%	8.4%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL	37.9%	3.4%	-14.3%	1.4%	43.2%	-0.2%
Atlanta, GA	16.5%	4.7%	-16.4%	-15.5%	36.6%	-1.0%
Boston, MA	37.4%	10.9%	-40.1%	-27.7%	38.4%	6.5%
San Francisco, CA	N/A	N/A	-21.8%	1.0%	41.3%	9.9%
Detroit, MI	150.4%	21.2%	-25.2%	-13.9%	21.5%	-1.0%
Riverside, CA	29.4%	11.9%	-34.9%	-8.4%	35.8%	4.3%
Phoenix, AZ	20.3%	-2.0%	-27.9%	-19.9%	1.5%	7.0%
Seattle, WA	9.9%	4.7%	-49.3%	-30.5%	12.5%	5.8%
Minneapolis-St Paul, MN	10.5%	20.0%	-20.9%	-15.5%	13.2%	3.2%
San Diego, CA	N/A	N/A	-37.2%	-9.2%	39.4%	6.4%
St. Louis, MO	5.4%	1.4%	-33.7%	-24.5%	29.7%	5.2%
Tampa, FL	N/A	N/A	-25.4%	-8.2%	24.4%	1.5%
Baltimore, MD	27.1%	10.9%	-40.6%	-24.0%	26.1%	-1.9%
Denver, CO	17.3%	-1.3%	-23.3%	-0.1%	35.6%	6.7%
Pittsburgh, PA	N/A	N/A	-28.8%	-12.8%	107.3%	10.3%
Portland, OR	11.9%	5.6%	-33.7%	-26.4%	17.7%	1.6%
Charlotte, NC	4.3%	8.4%	-34.9%	-30.1%	18.0%	4.2%
Sacramento, CA	32.7%	2.5%	-25.1%	-8.5%	39.9%	2.9%
San Antonio, TX	N/A	N/A	-14.5%	-15.5%	17.6%	1.8%
Orlando, FL	N/A	N/A	-14.7%	-12.3%	22.7%	0.0%
Cincinnati, OH	17.9%	11.3%	-38.2%	-18.0%	10.1%	19.2%
Cleveland, OH	16.9%	12.9%	-40.8%	-19.9%	35.1%	5.3%
Kansas City, MO	15.3%	18.4%	-39.6%	-21.1%	12.3%	11.2%
Las Vegas, NV	34.1%	6.1%	-22.1%	-15.9%	9.8%	2.0%
Columbus, OH	4.5%	0.1%	-34.9%	-26.1%	10.6%	6.2%
Indianapolis, IN	17.1%	3.3%	-34.5%	-16.7%	12.8%	7.9%
San Jose, CA	N/A	N/A	-30.2%	-15.9%	24.5%	4.3%
Austin, TX	31.6%	8.0%	-26.3%	-12.5%	14.6%	9.4%

ⁱ The Zillow Weekly Market Reports are a weekly overview of the national and local real estate markets. The reports are compiled by Zillow Economic Research and data is aggregated from public sources and listing data on Zillow.com. Newly pending sales and new for-sale listings data are reported daily using a smoothed, seven-day trailing average. Total for-sale listings and median sale price data are reported weekly using a smoothed, four-week trailing average. For more information, visit www.zillow.com/research/.

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