{"id":74105,"date":"2022-03-31T09:31:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=74105"},"modified":"2022-10-26T13:02:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T20:02:04","slug":"housing-market-update-early-signs-of-a-slowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/housing-market-update-early-signs-of-a-slowdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Market Update: Surging Mortgage Rates and Home Prices Sideline More Buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><strong><i>The market still feels hot, but a slowdown in online searches, home tours and mortgage applications suggests more buyers are getting priced out.\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong><i>Redfin economists predict home-price growth will start to slow in the coming months.<\/i><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mortgage rates are shooting up at the fastest pace in history, sending the typical monthly mortgage payment for a homebuyer up more than $500 since the beginning of this year. As rates quickly approach 5%, we expect their impact on homebuyer demand to change from a motivator\u2014driving a sense of urgency to buy before rates rise further\u2014to a deterrent\u2014causing buyers to step back as the cost of homebuying exceeds their budgets. There are a number of early signs that this shift is beginning to take place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fewer people are starting online home searches and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mba.org\/2022-press-releases\/march\/mortgage-applications-decrease-in-latest-mba-weekly-survey-x295413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">applying for mortgages<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than this time last year, and year-to-date growth in home tours<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showingtime.com\/impact-of-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> remains far below 2021 levels<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. An increasing share of sellers are also reducing their prices after putting their homes on the market. The share of homes that sell quickly (within 14 days) continues to grow, but at a slower pace than earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, the market still feels very hot, with homes selling faster and for more money than ever before. That\u2019s largely because supply remains near record lows, with fewer homeowners putting their homes on the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHomebuyers may not feel like the market has gotten any easier. That\u2019s because they\u2019re often competing against investors, all-cash buyers and migrants from expensive cities who aren\u2019t as sensitive to mortgage rates,\u201d said Redfin Chief Economist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/author\/darylfairweather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daryl Fairweather<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cBut there are early indicators that the market is turning, and we expect the softening to become more apparent in the coming weeks, eventually causing home-price growth to slow. We\u2019ll be watching closely to see whether the market slows from 100 miles per hour to 90 or 100 miles per hour to 75.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of this month, Redfin has started receiving fewer requests than a year ago for agents\u2019 service in pricey coastal markets <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including Seattle, San Diego, Boston and Washington, D.C. These markets are experiencing year-over-year declines in pending sales, though they&#8217;re still seeing homes sell relatively quickly and are not yet seeing outsized growth in the share of sellers cutting their list prices. Declines <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in searches, touring, and mortgage applications are larger in California than elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m starting to see early signs that the housing market is letting off some steam\u2014something I wouldn\u2019t have said a month ago,\u201d said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/aaron-mccarty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aaron McCarty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Redfin real estate agent in the Bay Area. &#8220;Bidding wars are still common, but homes that would have brought in 10 or more offers earlier this year are now getting half that many. Homes also aren\u2019t selling as astronomically over the asking price as before. A house that might\u2019ve gone for $700,000 over the list price two months ago may now go for $300,000 or $400,000 over. That&#8217;s not the case every time, but I&#8217;m finding more opportunities for my clients where the competition is a bit more manageable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin agents say they\u2019re starting to see some sellers put their homes up for sale earlier than planned because they\u2019re worried they\u2019ll miss out on the market\u2019s peak if they wait.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe rise in mortgage rates is top of mind for sellers, too,\u201d said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/justinhess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justin Hess<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Denver Redfin real estate agent who focuses on listings. \u201cIf you\u2019ve been considering putting your home on the market, now\u2019s the time. There are still plenty of buyers and mortgage rates are only going to keep climbing, making it more expensive to find your next home.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading indicators of homebuying activity:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mortgage Bankers Association\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mba.org\/2022-press-releases\/march\/mortgage-applications-decrease-in-latest-mba-weekly-survey-x295413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unadjusted Purchase Index<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which tracks mortgage applications, fell 10% year over year during the week ending March 25. That\u2019s the second-straight week of double-digit annual decreases. It was up 1% week over week.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the week ending March 31, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freddiemac.com\/pmms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30-year mortgage rates rose to 4.67%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014the highest level since December 2018. This was up from 4.42% the prior week.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year-to-date growth in touring activity was 16 percentage points behind the same period in 2021, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showingtime.com\/impact-of-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to home tour technology company ShowingTime<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google searches for \u201chomes for sale\u201d were down 9.7% year over year during the week ending March 19, according to Google Trends data; by comparison, searches for this term were flat (0%) as of late January. Searches for \u201chomes for rent\u201d and \u201creal estate\u201d also dropped, falling 9.6% and 5.1%, respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index rose 5% year over year during the week ending March 27, the smallest gain since the week ending Jan. 30, 2022. The seasonally adjusted Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index is a measure of requests for home tours and other home-buying services from Redfin agents.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key housing market takeaways for 400+ U.S. metro areas:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unless otherwise noted, the data below covers <\/span><b>the four-week period ending March 27<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Redfin\u2019s housing market data goes back through 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data based on homes listed and\/or sold during the period:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The median home sale price was up 17% year over year to a record high of $382,713. That\u2019s the biggest jump since the four weeks ending Aug. 1, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The median asking price of newly listed homes increased 15% year over year to a record high of $399,450. That marks a slowdown from February, when asking prices were rising at an annual rate of roughly 16%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The monthly mortgage payment on the median asking price home rose to a record high of $2,234 at the current 4.67% <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freddiemac.com\/pmms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mortgage rate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This was up 31% from a year earlier, when mortgage rates were 3.18%. The typical monthly mortgage payment is up $537 since the start of the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pending home sales were up 0.7% year over year, little changed from the 0.1% decline during the four weeks ending March 20, 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New listings of homes for sale were down 7% from a year earlier, the biggest drop since the four weeks ending Feb. 13, 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Active listings (the number of homes listed for sale at any point during the period) fell 22% year over year to 475,800\u2014the fifth-lowest level on record. That\u2019s just shy of the all-time low of 473,700 hit a month earlier.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A record 59% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within the first two weeks on the market, up 4 percentage points from a year earlier. This metric\u2019s rate of growth has slowed from a month ago, when it was up nearly 6 percentage points year over year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A record 45% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within one week of hitting the market, up 3 percentage points from a year earlier. This metric\u2019s rate of growth has slowed from a month ago, when it was up 4 percentage points year over year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homes that sold were on the market for a median of 20 days, down from 29 days a year earlier and a record low for this time of year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">51% of homes sold above list price, up from 40% a year earlier and the highest share since the four weeks ending Aug. 15, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On average, 3% of homes for sale each week had a price drop, up 0.6 percentage points from a year ago. This metric\u2019s rate of growth has increased from a month ago, when it was up 0.3 percentage points year over year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average sale-to-list price ratio, which measures how close homes are selling to their asking prices, rose to 102%. In other words, the average home sold for 2% above its asking price. That\u2019s up from 100.2% a year earlier and is the highest level since the four weeks ending Aug. 1, 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refer to our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/data-center-metrics-definitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">metrics definition page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for explanations of all the metrics used in this report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MSP.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MSP.png 960w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MSP-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MSP-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><img 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https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/New-Listings-768x572.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Active-Listings-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Active-Listings-1.png 958w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Active-Listings-1-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Active-Listings-1-768x568.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Sold-in-2-wks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"957\" height=\"716\" 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Mortgage rates are shooting up at the fastest pace in history, sending the typical monthly mortgage payment for a 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