by Calculated Risk on 7/05/2021 12:10:00 PM

Tracking existing home inventory will be very important this year.

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This inventory graph is courtesy of Altos Research.

As of July 2nd, inventory was at 373 thousand (7 day average), compared to 666 thousand the same week a year ago.  That is a decline of 44.0%.

A week ago, inventory was at 359 thousand, and was down 46.9% YoY.  

Seasonally, inventory has bottomed.   Inventory was about 21.8% above the record low in early April.

Mike Simonsen discusses this data regularly on Youtube.  Altos Research has also seen a significant pickup in price decreases, although still well below a normal rate for June.