Redfin: U.S. Home Sales Rebounded and Price Growth Slowed in August, Continuing a 2016 Trend toward “Normal”

Seattle, Denver and Portland were the Fastest Markets; Oakland,
San Francisco and San Jose were the Most Competitive

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Home prices in August were up 4.4 percent year over year, the slowest
pace of growth seen so far in 2016, according to Redfin (www.redfin.com),
the next-generation real estate brokerage. The fact that price growth
slowed despite strong sales and shrinking inventory indicates that
buyers are gaining pricing power as we head into fall.

“The market is hitting a sweet spot in the third quarter, in which there
is both high buyer demand for homeowners looking to sell and cooling
prices for buyers ready to purchase,” said Redfin chief economist Nela
Richardson.

Home sales increased 14.2 percent in August from a year ago, a sizeable
rebound from July’s 11 percent decline and a return to this year’s trend
of healthy sales growth.

Overall home inventory continued to decline for the 11th-straight month
with an 8 percent year-over-year drop, the widest margin of 2016. After
taking a step back from the market in July, sellers were active in
August. New listings were up 2.4 percent, the biggest increase in five
months, but some sellers had expectations that late-summer buyers were
unwilling to meet.

“Some sellers who waited until summer to list after watching the hot
spring market became too big for their britches,” said Adrian Smith, a
Redfin real estate agent in Atlanta. “They expected top dollar, cash
buyers and bidding wars and were willing to wait for the strongest
offer. But late-summer buyers were even more patient and less willing to
settle. There’s a big pool of buyers in the market now, but most are
able and willing to wait for the right home at the right price.”

Seattle, WA, was the fastest market in August, when half of all homes
there went pending sale in just 10 days, down from 14 days a year
earlier. Denver, CO, and Portland, OR, were the next fastest markets,
with 11 and 13 median days on market, respectively.

The Bay Area was home to the most competitive markets, with 61.8% of
homes selling above list price in Oakland, 60.0% in San Francisco and
58.4% in San Jose.

To read the full report, complete with data and charts, please visit the
following link: https://www.redfin.com/blog/2016/09/home-sales-rebounded-in-august-continuing-a-2016-trend-toward-normal.html.

For additional local analysis, see: Chicago,
Los
Angeles
, San
Francisco
and Washington,
D.C.

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About Redfin Corporation

Redfin (www.redfin.com)
is the next-generation real estate brokerage, combining its own
full-service agents with modern technology to redefine real estate in
the customer’s favor. Founded by software engineers, Redfin has the
country’s #1 brokerage website and offers a host of online tools to
consumers, including the most accurate home-value estimate online, the Redfin
Estimate
. Homebuyers and sellers enjoy a full-service,
technology-powered experience from Redfin real estate agents, while
saving thousands in commissions. Redfin serves more than 80 major metro
areas across the U.S. The company has closed more than $31 billion in
home sales to date, and saved customers more than $335 million in fees,
and counting.

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visit www.redfin.com.
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