Sales Slip, Listings Plummet, but Home Prices Keep Rising as 2012 Concludes; Inventory Growth Key to 2013 Performance

Home prices, sales, and listings all fell between November and December as the housing market weathered the usually-slow holiday season with a smaller dip in prices than the same time a year ago. Listings continued to drop, falling to a level 33 percent below December 2011 and 44 percent below December 2010. Read More

Redfin Real-Time Home Price Tracker: Home Sales Surge 22% in October as Prices Continue to Rise

National home prices ticked up just a bit (0.4%) between September and October of this year, but were up 8% in October from a year earlier. As inventory plunged to new depths, the share of new listings that went under contract within two weeks bumped up two percentage points to its highest level since May. Read More