Weekly Special | January 13, 2020

Housing Inventory 20% Lower In 2020

Our recent reports have continually conveyed our concerns about the decline of the relative inventory of homes for sale in Tallahassee, and today we’re going to demonstrate exactly how much change has occurred in the past twelve months.

Table of the change in months of supply by price range and quadrant in Leon County from January 2019 to January 2020, with all ranges down 0.7 months.

The table above shows the change in relative supply (months of supply)

from January 2019 to January 2020.

Red numbers show a decline, while black numbers show an increase.

Overall, the months of supply of homes has been reduced by 20%, with the majority of that reduction occurring for homes priced below $400K. The table below shows the current relative supply (6.0 months of supply = balanced market, less makes it a seller’s market while more makes it a buyer’s market.

The 2.8 at the bottom right shows a clear too-strong seller’s market.

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