
Not all price ranges are created equally, it seems.
The hardest hit price range, perhaps unsurprisingly, is the under $200K price range -- where we have seen a 57% decline in the number of homes for sale over the past two years. Of note -- part of the problem here is increasing home values -- which prices some homes out of the "under $200K" price range. Regardless, though, buyers looking to stay under $200K for their home purchase are having an ever more difficult time doing so.
The $200K - $300K market also had a sizable (26%) decline in the number of homes actively listed for sale as compared to two years ago.
Both the $300K - $400K and the $400K+ price ranges only saw slight (-5%, -7%) declines in inventory levels - so not a marked difference from where inventory levels were two years ago..
Depending on the price range (and location, property type, condition, size, age) you are shopping in, you are bound to find something slightly different as to the current inventory levels and recent trends in those levels.