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BREAKING: The number of active home sellers in the US rose +1.2% MoM in September, or +17,276, to 1,510,784, the highest since March 2020. At the same time, the number of active homebuyers fell -2.4%, or -23,161, to 928,892, the lowest on record. This lifts the gap between acti
01 THE MACHINE READ
WHY IT MATTERS.
Record gap between home sellers and buyers signals weak housing demand, pressuring prices and housing-linked activity.
Housing demand at record low versus supply
Pending sales and price data
Seasonality may distort monthly figures
FULL DISPATCH
BREAKING: The number of active home sellers in the US rose +1.2% MoM in September, or +17,276, to 1,510,784, the highest since March 2020. At the same time, the number of active homebuyers fell -2.4%, or -23,161, to 928,892, the lowest on record. This lifts the gap between active sellers and homebuyers to a record 581,892. As a result, there were +62.6% more home sellers than buyers last month, the largest difference on record. This percentage has more than doubled since November 2024. By comparison, the 2021 low was -35.7%, when buyers outnumbered sellers by 633,854. Hundreds of thousands of homebuyers have been priced-out.
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