2013 Starts Off Strong for Sellers: Home Prices & Sales Both Way Up
Home sales got off to a strong start this year
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>.
Home sales got off to a strong start this year

Let’s follow up the lament over the lack of listings we posted last month with some practical, data-based tips for the homeowners out there who have decided to take advantage of today’s seller-skewed market.
While December may have ended with mixed signals, January got 2013 off to a strong start from a demand perspective, with both tours and offers growing at a more rapid pace than a year earlier.
Today’s market is anything but slow for sellers, but according to our research, choosing the right agent still makes a big difference. Homes listed with a Redfin Agent sell faster, for more money, and are more likely to sell.
Redfin’s Real-Time Seller Survey presents a classic good news / bad news scenario. The good news is that homeowner confidence continues to rise—indicating a potential easing of tight inventory in the coming months.

After the first two weeks of the year, new listings are down nearly a third from 2012’s already weak levels, which leads us to ask: where are all the sellers?
Home sales got off to a strong start this year

Let’s follow up the lament over the lack of listings we posted last month with some practical, data-based tips for the homeowners out there who have decided to take advantage of today’s seller-skewed market.
While December may have ended with mixed signals, January got 2013 off to a strong start from a demand perspective, with both tours and offers growing at a more rapid pace than a year earlier.
Today’s market is anything but slow for sellers, but according to our research, choosing the right agent still makes a big difference. Homes listed with a Redfin Agent sell faster, for more money, and are more likely to sell.
Redfin’s Real-Time Seller Survey presents a classic good news / bad news scenario. The good news is that homeowner confidence continues to rise—indicating a potential easing of tight inventory in the coming months.

After the first two weeks of the year, new listings are down nearly a third from 2012’s already weak levels, which leads us to ask: where are all the sellers?