Charlotte Region 2018 Housing Market Quick Facts All the critical indicators of a strong, predominantly seller's housing market showed improvement year-over-year since 2011, with the exception of the inventory of homes available for sale, which is now at its lowest level since 2007. With just 2.2 months of inventory at year end 2018, this is the most critical aspect of our market right now -- availability of homes for buyers to purchase and especially availability of affordable homes. It's the supply of homes, or rather lack thereof, that is helping drive Charlotte area home prices up and the housing affordability index down as demand continues to outstrip (16 comments)