{"id":79740,"date":"2025-05-07T05:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?p=79740"},"modified":"2025-05-07T09:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:12:22","slug":"washington-dc-housing-inventory-government-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/washington-dc-housing-inventory-government-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington, D.C. Housing Inventory Jumps Record 25% Amid Federal Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>The number of homes for sale in the nation\u2019s capital is at the highest level since 2022 amid a mass reduction in the federal workforce under the Trump Administration.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Active listings of homes for sale in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/12839\/DC\/Washington-DC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 jumped 25.1% year over year to the highest level since 2022 during the four weeks ending April 27\u2014the largest gain on record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By comparison, active listings nationwide rose 14.2%\u2014the smallest increase since March 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-ykIdX\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Washington, D.C. Sees Record Surge in Homes for Sale\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/ykIdX\/6\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"446\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/data-center-metrics-definitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New listings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Washington, D.C. increased 11.4% year over year to the highest level since 2022\u2014nearly double the national gain of 5.8%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington, D.C. data in this report cover the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, unless otherwise noted. Redfin\u2019s records date back to 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cQuite a few people in D.C. are selling their homes because they\u2019re losing their jobs,\u201d said local <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/premier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin Premier<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> real estate agent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/mary-bazargan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary Bazargan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cMany of those people are planning to leave the area because the cost of living is high and they want a new job that allows them to work remotely and be closer to family. I recently worked with a buyer who bid on a home, offered more money than any other buyer and waived all contingencies. Still, the seller ended up going with an all-cash offer because all of the layoff news made them nervous about accepting offers from financed buyers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elon Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been slashing government workers in an attempt to reduce federal spending. At least 121,000 federal workers have been laid off or targeted for layoffs since President Donald Trump took office, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/26\/politics\/federal-layoffs-trump-musk-dg\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to CNN. F<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ederal jobs represent 11.1% of all jobs in Washington, D.C.\u2014the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apmresearchlab.org\/federal-job-watch-just-released-feb-metro-jobs-report-shows-few-declines#:~:text=Washington%2C%20D.C.%2C%20lost%203%2C700%20federal,area%20lost%20even%201%2C000%20jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highest share<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">among major U.S. metros analyzed by the APM Research Lab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initial unemployment claims in Washington, D.C. peaked in February, according to state-level <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oui.doleta.gov\/unemploy\/claims.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the U.S. Department of Labor. But they may tick up again because more layoffs have recently been announced and some laid-off workers will become <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/does.dc.gov\/service\/federal-government-employees-frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=If%20you%20receive%20severance%20pay,wage%20payments%20or%20severance%20period.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eligible<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to file for unemployment once their severance has dried up. Bazargan said she has recently received a lot of calls from prospective sellers who expect to find out if they\u2019re getting laid off later this month or in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some ways, the D.C. housing market remains hotter than the U.S. market, with homes selling faster and prices posting larger increases. The median home sale price in Washington, D.C. rose 4.1% year over year (to $600,964) during the four weeks ending April 27, outpacing the nationwide increase of 1.9% (to $387,855).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat\u2019s happening with housing inventory in Washington, D.C. could be a sign of what\u2019s to come in other U.S. housing markets,\u201d said Redfin Senior Economist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/author\/asad-khan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asad Khan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And while strong housing demand is buoying prices in D.C., the rest of the country isn&#8217;t so hot. Other markets may not be able to absorb further inventory growth without prices softening<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-Miq2b\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"D.C. Housing Inventory Hits Highest Level Since 2022\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/Miq2b\/1\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"445\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Interactive area chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some places are seeing even larger supply growth than Washington, D.C. For example, nine of the 47 major metros Redfin analyzed posted a bigger increase in active listings during the four weeks ending April 27, led by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/5155\/CO\/Denver\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denver.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Four metros saw a larger increase in new listings, led by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/14240\/AZ\/Phoenix\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phoenix<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin looked through historical data to rule out the possibility that the surge in D.C. listings is just something that always happens when a new president takes office. We found that listings did jump after Trump\u2019s first inauguration in 2017, but that the increase had dissipated by this time that year, indicating that government layoffs are a likely factor in today\u2019s increase in listings.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Washington, D.C. Housing-Market Highlights: Four Weeks Ending April 27, 2025<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th><b>Washington, D.C.<\/b><\/th>\n<th><b>U.S.A.<\/b><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><b>Median sale price, YoY change<\/b><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.1%<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.9%<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><b>Homes sold, YoY change<\/b><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-0.9%<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.0%<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><b>Pending home sales, YoY change<\/b><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-3.6%<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-2.7%<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><b>New listings, YoY change<\/b><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11.4%<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5.8%<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><b>Total homes for sale (active listings), YoY change<\/b><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25.1%<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14.2%<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><b>Months of supply<\/b><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><b>Median days on market<\/b><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">39<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><b>Share of homes that went off market in two weeks<\/b><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">57.1%<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">39.9%<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><b>Share of homes that sold above list price<\/b><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">44.1%<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27.2%<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><b>Average sale-to-list-price ratio<\/b><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100.6%<\/span><\/th>\n<th><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">98.9%<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>Washington, D.C. Suburbs Are Seeing Especially Large Upticks in Inventory<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Washington, D.C. metro area is vast, so Redfin also analyzed county-level data to show what\u2019s happening with housing supply on a more granular level. We found that active listings are rising fastest on the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">outskirts<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of D.C. proper, where many federal workers and private-sector government contractors live.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/city\/250\/VA\/Alexandria\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria, VA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for example, active listings jumped 40.9% year over year during the four weeks ending April 27\u2014the largest increase among the eight counties Redfin analyzed. Next came <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/1324\/MD\/Montgomery-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montgomery County, MD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (38.5%) and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/county\/2989\/VA\/Loudoun-County\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loudoun County, VA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (36.8%). The District of Columbia itself posted the smallest increase, at 14.9%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-hf7kB\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"D.C. Suburbs Are Seeing Largest Jumps in Inventory\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/hf7kB\/5\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Washington Post <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2025\/04\/04\/dc-economy-federal-job-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analysis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from April found that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been among the hardest hit by D.C.-area layoffs, with many of the lost jobs in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montgomery, Frederick and Prince George\u2019s counties.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of homes for sale in the nation\u2019s capital is at the highest level since 2022 amid a mass reduction in the federal workforce under the Trump Administration. Active listings of homes for sale in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 jumped 25.1% year over year to the highest level since 2022 during the four weeks ending April [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13346,"featured_media":79742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,45],"tags":[719,68,19,718,720],"dashboard":[],"coauthors":[125,710],"class_list":["post-79740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-housing-market-news","category-regional-trends","tag-d-c","tag-local","tag-politics","tag-washington","tag-washington-dc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Washington, D.C. 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