Current Number of Homes Active and Under Contract in the Washington DC area:

Here is the breakdown as of April 28th, 2008

The inventories are most notable increased in Prince George County; where a record number of homes are currently For Sale.  Single Family Homes in the District are also at multi-year highs.

With about 8 weeks to go until we hit the typical yearly "peak"; there are a great many choices available for Home Buyers in the DC area.

example: Single Family Homes in DC; 29 more on market from last week, but 18 "expired" - in reality 47 new listings came on the market.

Washington DC

Single Family:     Actives: 1985 (Up 29 from last week)           Expired: 18         Under Contract: 500

Condos:             Actives: 1570 (Same as last week)              Expired: 7           Under Contract: 440

Arlington County

Single Family:     Actives: 543 (Up 9 from last week)              Expired: 1           Under Contract: 153

Condos:             Actives: 549 (Down 6 from last week)           Expired: 2          Under Contract: 173

Prince Georges County

Single Family:     Actives: 7004 (Up 18 from last week)           Expired: 64        Under Contract: 755

Condos:             Actives:  881  (Up 8 from last week)            Expired: 12        Under Contract: 113

Montgomery County

Single Family:     Actives: 5170 (Up 106 from last week)         Expired: 27        Under Contract: 1204

Condos:             Actives: 1475 (Up 18 from last week)           Expired: 15        Under Contract: 350

It is important to see the number of homes taken "Off" the market.  While many of these homes will return to the marketplace a week or two; seeing a listing "expire" means that the seller and agent thought or expected the home to be sold by now.