New Real-Estate Math: Half a Million More Sellers Than Buyers

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New Real-Estate Math: Half a Million More Sellers Than Buyers

New listings haven’t been enough to jolt the housing market out of its slumber

By
Nicole Friedman
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June 14, 2025 at 5:30 am ET

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A housing development in Pineville, N.C. PHOTO: ANGELA OWENS/WSJ

The inventory of homes for sale is finally rising. Buyers aren’t interested.

The U.S. housing market had nearly a half million more sellers than buyers in April …

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I believe she means people trying to sell.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. The cost of owning is very much in flux.

Insurance if you can get it, climate change disasters, maintenance and repairs costs, labor availability, economy wobbling so supply of buyers soft. Flippers are likely the first to pull back, and who knows what private equity is doing. With prices so high potential buyers will be even more encouraged to wait for a better deal because prices are already falling.

[rzemanfl]

2. On my trip to and from No Kings today,

I saw signs for a lot of Open Houses. Places here used to sell fast.

[WVreaper]

3. Look at the price for a home

Housing prices have gone through the roof.

[anciano]

4. IMO, the old adage is true....

"you don't own a house, the house owns you."

[SWBTATTReg]

5. I've heard (some months and months ago) that prices have finally, barely started trickling downwards. They

said at the time that they still needed to come down more, that sellers were still insisting on keeping their prices higher than the markets were willing to pay...

I guess time will tell. This evidence of 1/2 million more sellers than buyers tends to back this up.

[FloridaBlues]

6. It took me 4 months to sell because I had to drop price 15,000

I really didn’t want to but life circumstances happens at inconvenient times. There’s a slew of houses on market. People are not sure what to do with this ass wipe we have as president and economy going forward.
Good luck in selling a houae.