07/12/2025

Seventy-five Housing Markets Have Hit a Critical Threshold in Favor of Homebuyers

These metro areas now have active inventory above 2019 pre-pandemic levels

During the Pandemic Housing Boom, from summer 2020 to spring 2022, the number of active homes for sale in most housing markets plummeted as homebuyer demand quickly absorbed almost everything that came up for sale and sellers had ultimate power.

Fast-forward to the current housing market, and the places where active inventory has rebounded to 2019 levels (due to strained affordability suppressing buyer demand) are now the very places where homebuyers have gained the most power.

At the end of June 2025, national active housing inventory for sale was still -11% below June 2019 levels. However, more and more regional markets are surpassing that threshold. This list is growing.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Fast Company.