Housing Market Shifts: New Listings Drop as Buyers Gain Upper Hand

Many prospective homebuyers are sidelined by near-record costs and economic uncertainty, creating a buyer’s market in many parts of the country. That’s deterring some would-be sellers.

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NASDAQ: RDFN) — New listings of U.S. homes for sale rose 6.3% year over year during the four weeks ending June 1, one of the smallest increases of the last three months. That’s according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage.

New listings declined year over year in 11 of the 50 most populous U.S. metros, with the biggest drops in San Jose, CA and four Florida metros: Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and West Palm Beach.

Zooming in on recent weeks, new listings fell during the second half of May. While it’s typical for listings to decline after peaking in mid-May, this year’s drop was the biggest for that time period in a decade.

On the buying side, pending home sales declined 0.4% year over year to their lowest May level since 2020, and mortgage-purchase applications fell 3% week over week. Prospective buyers are backing off because housing costs are near record highs, with the median home-sale price up 1.2% year over year and the weekly average mortgage rate approaching 7%, and because the U.S. economy is unpredictable.

While there are hundreds of thousands more home sellers than buyers in the market—and new listings are still rising—the recent decline in listings suggests some of this spring’s would-be sellers are backing off. The typical home now sells for about 1% less than its asking price, the biggest discount for this time of year since 2020, and just about 28% of homes sell for above their asking price, down from 32% at this time last year.

“If a home is in a desirable neighborhood, especially if it’s fixed up, it will sell fairly quickly,” said Ben Ambroch, a Redfin Premier agent in Milwaukee. “But even that type of home now gets two or three offers, as opposed to the 10 offers it would have gotten a few years ago. Sellers of homes that need work in fringe neighborhoods should be able to find a buyer, but it’s important they come to the table with realistic expectations on price and timing, and a willingness to negotiate. Price within a fair range based on the neighborhood, understand that buyers will be inspecting the home, and be prepared to give concessions.”

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Leading indicators

Indicators of homebuying demand and activity
	Value (if applicable)	Recent change	Year-over-year change	Source
Daily average 30-year fixed mortgage rate	6.87% (June 4)	Down from 6.97% one week earlier	Down from 7.17%	Mortgage News Daily
Weekly average 30-year fixed mortgage rate	6.89% (week ending May 29)	Highest level since Feb.	Down from 7.03%	Freddie Mac
Mortgage-purchase applications (seasonally adjusted)		Down 4% from a week earlier (as of week ending May 30)	Up 18%	Mortgage Bankers Association
Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index		Down 3% from a month earlier (as of week ending June 1)	Up 1%	A measure of tours and other homebuying services from Redfin agents
Google searches for “home for sale”		Up 20% from a month earlier (as of June 1)	Up 20%	Google Trends
ShowingTime stats have been excluded this week to ensure data accuracy.

Key housing-market data

U.S. highlights: Four weeks ending June 1, 2025 Redfin’s national metrics include data from 400+ U.S. metro areas, and are based on homes listed and/or sold during the period. Weekly housing-market data goes back through 2015. Subject to revision.
	Four weeks ending June 1, 2025	Year-over-year change	Notes
Median sale price	$393,750	1.2%
Median asking price	$425,975	4.9%
Median monthly mortgage payment	$2,863 at a 6.89% mortgage rate	4%	$20 shy of record high
Pending sales	88,141	-0.4%
New listings	104,380	6.3%
Active listings	1,132,818	14.4%	Smallest increase in over a year
Months of supply	4	+0.7 pts.	4 to 5 months of supply is considered balanced, with a lower number indicating seller’s market conditions
Share of homes off market in two weeks	38.7%	Down from 42%
Median days on market	36	+4 days
Share of homes sold above list price	28.4%	Down from 32%
Average sale-to-list price ratio	99.1%	Down from 99.5%

Metro-level highlights: Four weeks ending June 1, 2025 Redfin’s metro-level data includes the 50 most populous U.S. metros. Select metros may be excluded from time to time to ensure data accuracy.
	Metros with biggest year-over-year increases	Metros with biggest year-over-year decreases	Notes
Median sale price	Philadelphia (11.4%) Detroit (10.6%) Pittsburgh (7.4%) Miami (7.1%) New Brunswick, NJ (6.9%)	Oakland, CA (-8.5%) Dallas (-4.5%) Jacksonville, FL (-3.6%) Houston (-2.4%) Austin, TX (-1.6%)	Declined in 9 metros
Pending sales	Cincinnati (10.9%) Chicago (6.5%) Boston (5.7%) Montgomery County, PA (4.7%) Indianapolis (4.2%)	Miami (-19.6%) San Jose, CA (-16.2%) Fort Lauderdale, FL (-15.9%) Las Vegas (-15.4%) San Diego (-12.2%)
New listings	Houston (13.9%) Washington, D.C. (13.5%) Montgomery County, PA (13.2%) Seattle (12%) Cincinnati (11.4%)	San Jose, CA (-9%) Orlando, FL (-8.3%) Fort Lauderdale, FL (-6.8%) Tampa, FL (-6.8%) West Palm Beach, FL (-5.5%)	Declined in 11 metros

To view the full report, including charts, please visit:
https://www.redfin.com/news/housing-market-update-new-listings-lose-steam

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