Washington, DC has a home listing up to about 47% compared to this time last year. (Fox 5DC)
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Last year, compared to this time, the number of home listing active in the nation’s capital has increased by about 47%. Fox 5 DCReal estate agency bright MLS citing data.
In March alone, Records tracked 6,000 new listings and about 5,000 new pending contracts in the DC region, according to the Chief Economist Lisa Stirteven of Bright MLS.
Sturtevan told the outlet that the increase in inventory has been very good for the real estate market as the listing was earlier at “historically low levels”.
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On November 19, 2023, a “Open House” sign was seen outside a house in Washington, DC. (Nathan Howard / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
“Inventory is very tight just here Washington Area“Sturtevant said.” More inventory in the market is a good thing for the market. ,
According to Bright MLS, the average sales prices in the DC sector last week were listed in $ 630,000. While the prices may be higher, the FOX5 reported a house that was in the market for only 41 days, the price of $ 45,000 was seen to fall.
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A house for sale in Washington, DC is seen on February 14, 2023. (Aaron Schwartz / Xinhua / Getty Image)
The high concentration of the field of federal employees affected by the new policies of Trump administration has promoted an increase in new listing, Fox Business reported earlierCiting redfin agents.
Government efficiency departmentThe purpose of which is to eliminate useless government expenses by trimming the federal task force, has reduced thousands of jobs in agencies like Health and Human Services Department and Internal Revenue Services.
In addition, the byout offers were accepted by around 75,000 employees, Fox News Digital had previously reported.
The return-to-office mandate has also affected the real estate market. Fox Business had earlier reported that the DC-sector couple had to return to the office, demanding to list their house in the hope of finding another house close to public transport.
Washington, DC’s Washington Highlands is seen on 23 February 2024 with Valley Avenue South -East in the neighborhood. (Triston Rouz for Washington Post / Getty Image)
The abundance of homes for sale presents an opportunistic moment for buyers.
Northwest DC resident Robin Roth told Fox 5, “Developers are buying these houses because they have a reasonable price.” “They develop them, put a third story and go away.”
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While the new listing is dramatically increased, the housing market is still performing below the pre-pandemic level, the stirtant said.
DC Mayor Muril Boseer also said that he believes the capital believes Real estate According to the outlet, there is still space in the market to grow.
“I am very optimistic about the city, very fast about the future of Colombia district,” Boseer said. “We have made a plan, we have reached the plan, we come forward with ideas to people. We attract and invest the partners.”
Fox News’ Alexandra Coach contributed to this report.
