
Housing Market Update: Pending Sales Continue to Slow—Still Up 29% from 2020
Pending sales dipped during the week that began with the holiday, and other leading indicators show signs of slight cooling in the market.
Tim Ellis has been analyzing the real estate market since 2005, and worked at Redfin as a housing market analyst from 2010 through 2013 and again starting in 2018. In his free time, he runs the independently-operated Seattle-area real estate website <a href="https://seattlebubble.com/" title="Seattle Bubble"><em>Seattle Bubble</em></a>, and produces the <a href="https://dispatches.fm/" title="Dispatches from the Multiverse">"Dispatches from the Multiverse" improvised comedy sci-fi podcast</a>.

Pending sales dipped during the week that began with the holiday, and other leading indicators show signs of slight cooling in the market.

Asking prices leveled off as pending sales–which were rising at this time in 2019–posted a 3% monthly decline. Homes still sold for record prices, at record speeds.

Home prices keep soaring as pending sales and new listings start a typical seasonal decline.

Homebuying demand may have peaked for 2021 as pending sales and mortgage purchase applications have both pulled back in recent weeks.

Homes in Portland, OR and Denver are also selling in a handful of days. In Austin, 74% sold above list price. Nationwide, almost half of

Home prices were up 22% from 2020, new listings fell slightly, and competition remained intense.

Pending sales dipped during the week that began with the holiday, and other leading indicators show signs of slight cooling in the market.

Asking prices leveled off as pending sales–which were rising at this time in 2019–posted a 3% monthly decline. Homes still sold for record prices, at record speeds.

Home prices keep soaring as pending sales and new listings start a typical seasonal decline.

Homebuying demand may have peaked for 2021 as pending sales and mortgage purchase applications have both pulled back in recent weeks.

Homes in Portland, OR and Denver are also selling in a handful of days. In Austin, 74% sold above list price. Nationwide, almost half of

Home prices were up 22% from 2020, new listings fell slightly, and competition remained intense.