April showings sluggish as market sees ninth straight month of diminished YOY activity

Upper End Hit Hardest as Luxury Buyers Stay Home

Key Points:

• April saw a 6.5 percent year-over-year decrease in showing activity across the U.S. despite a drop in mortgage rates; the West Region, down 11.1 percent, again recorded the largest year-over-year decline of all four regions
• For the seventh consecutive month, showing activity also fell in the South (-8.1 percent), the Midwest (-7.1 percent) and the Northeast (-3.8 percent)

May 29, 2019 – Real estate agents throughout the U.S. may have to brace for a more sluggish market than anticipated based on last month's decline in home showing activity, the ninth consecutive month of a nationwide year-over-year decrease according to the ShowingTime Showing Index®.

Buyer traffic was down 6.5 percent across the U.S. compared to the same time last year. The diminished showing activity was felt in every region throughout the country, most notably in the West, where for the 13th consecutive month showings declined on a year over year basis.

"Showing activity stabilized and is holding steady, but it is still slightly off from the higher levels registered in 2018," said ShowingTime Chief Analytics Officer Daniil Cherkasskiy. "The slowdown in showing traffic continues to be concentrated in the upper price quartiles across the U.S., with less expensive homes registering the same or slightly higher levels of showing traffic than at the same time last year."

The ShowingTime Showing Index, the first of its kind in the residential real estate industry, is compiled using data from property showings scheduled across the country on listings using ShowingTime products and services, providing a benchmark to track buyer demand. ShowingTime facilitates more than four million showings each month.

Released monthly, the Showing Index tracks the average number of appointments received on active listings during the month. Local MLS indices are also available for select markets and are distributed to MLS and association leadership.

To view the full report, visit showingtime.com/index.

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