The total number of new homes for sale in the U.S. hit its lowest point on record in January, creating a stronger seller?s market for home builders and rising new construction prices. ?The lack of construction for the past few years has created a dearth of available new homes in many parts of the country, and most undeveloped and partially-developed land sits stagnant as lending for new construction remains tight.
The inventory of new homes fell to a 5.6 month supply. ?At the same time, new home prices increased by 0.3% and new home sales rose 3.5%, as compared to the previous year at this time. ?While new households have been created at a consistent rate during the past five years, there has been little construction to compensate, and the market is likely to continue tightening in terms of inventory and rising in terms of prices.
From Realtor Magazine:
?Inventory of new homes on the market shrank to its lowest point on record in January, marking a 5.6-month supply at the current sales pace, the Commerce Department reports.
With fewer homes available, the price of new homes increased slightly last month. The median price for a new home ticked up slightly at 0.3 percent to $217,100, which is the highest level since October.
However, January sales of single-family homes mostly stayed falt in January, falling less than 1 percent last month compared to the previous month. New-home sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 321,000 units.
New-home sales were up 3.5 percent compared to the same time last year, the Commerce Department reported.
?This is indicative of the incremental, steady progress that the market is making toward recovery in conjunction with modest economic and job growth,? said David Crowe, the National Association of Home Builders? chief economist. ?Increasingly, potential buyers are feeling better about their financial situation and their ability to buy a home, but the challenges posed by tight credit conditions and appraisal issues continue to slow that process.?
Regionally, the Midwest saw the biggest decline in new home sales in January, a 24.5 percent drop in sales followed by a 10.6 percent drop in sales in the West. On the other hand, the Northeast posted an 11.1 percent gain in new home sales in January, and the South saw a 9.3 percent increase.?
Sam DeBord reports for the P-I on?the current market of Greater?Seattle homes for sale,?with an emphasis on?Seattle waterfront homes. ?Sam is a?Seattle Realtor? and Managing Broker with SeattleHome.com and Coldwell Banker Danforth. ?You can follow him on twitter at?@SEATTLEHOMEoCOM.
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