Property Sales Sped up in October

As the housing inventory supply remains tight, the median number of days that a house is listed on the market has been trending downward since 2011, through March 2012.

In October 2017, Realtor.com's data show properties were typically on the market for 34 days, down from 41 days in October 2016. The quickest-selling properties were in the following metros: San-Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (31 days), San Jose-Sunnyvale-Sta. Clara (31 days), and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue (37 days).

During the August–October 2017, properties sold in less than 31 days in 18 states and in the District of Columbia: Washington (22 days); Nevada (23 days); Colorado (25 days); Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, California, Minnesota, and Utah (25 days), Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Oregon (26 days); Texas, Georgia (28 days), Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa (29 days), and South Dakota, Wyoming (30 days).

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