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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Phoenix Real Estate in October: Sales up 4%, Inventory down 10% YoY

by Calculated Risk on 11/16/2017 03:01:00 PM

This is a key housing market to follow since Phoenix saw a large bubble / bust followed by strong investor buying.

The Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS) reports (table below):

1) Overall sales in October were up 4.3% year-over-year (including homes, condos and manufactured homes).

2) Active inventory is now down 10.1% year-over-year. 

More inventory (a theme in most of 2014) - and less investor buying - suggested price increases would slow in 2014.  And prices increases did slow in 2014, only increasing 2.4% according to Case-Shiller.

In 2015, with falling inventory, prices increased a little faster.  Prices were up 6.3% in 2015 according to Case-Shiller.

With flat inventory in 2016, prices were up 4.8%.

This is the twelfth consecutive month with a YoY decrease in inventory, and prices are rising a little faster this year (3.7% through August or 5.7% annual rate).

October Residential Sales and Inventory, Greater Phoenix Area, ARMLS
  SalesYoY
Change
Sales
Cash
Sales
Percent
Cash
Active
Inventory
YoY
Change
Inventory
Oct-085,384---1,34825.0%55,7031---
Oct-098,12150.8%2,68833.1%39,312-29.4%
Oct-106,591-18.8%2,80042.5%45,25215.1%
Oct-117,56114.7%3,33644.1%27,266-39.7%
Oct-127,020-7.2%3,08143.9%22,702-16.7%
Oct-136,038-14.0%1,91031.6%26,26715.7%
Oct-146,1862.5%1,71227.7%27,7605.7%
Oct-156,3082.0%1,57024.9%24,702-11.0%
Oct-167,10212.6%1,49421.0%24,9501.0%
Oct-177,4084.3%1,57821.3%22,427-10.1%
1 October 2008 probably includes pending listings