{"id":1529501,"date":"2025-04-09T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1529501"},"modified":"2025-04-09T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:40:00","slug":"supply-growing-at-rapid-pace-d-c-housing-glut-deepens-amid-recession-jitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/supply-growing-at-rapid-pace-d-c-housing-glut-deepens-amid-recession-jitters\/1529501\/","title":{"rendered":"“Supply Growing At Rapid Pace”: D.C. Housing Glut Deepens Amid Recession Jitters"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Supply Growing At Rapid Pace”: D.C. Housing Glut Deepens Amid Recession Jitters<\/span><\/p>\n

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The latest housing data from Bright MLS, covering the Washington, D.C. metro area and surrounding communities, shows active listings for the week ending April 6 continuing to “soar<\/strong>,” with supply “growing at a rapid pace<\/strong>.” This surge comes as DOGE-related layoffs<\/a> have surpassed 280,000 federal workers, fueling growing fears of a looming D.C. recession.<\/p>\n

Here are three key takeaways<\/strong> from MLS’s weekly report on the housing markets in Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. The common denominator across all three regions: supply\u2014and a lot of it. Inventory is surging this spring, well above levels seen over the last three years:<\/p>\n

New listings are soaring<\/em><\/strong>. There were 7,226 new listings for the week ending April 6 in the Bright MLS service area, a 17.0% jump from the same week in 2024. The MD\/WV Panhandle and Eastern Maryland regions were the only regions to not have a year-over-year increase in new listings this week.<\/em><\/p>\n

More sellers are dropping their asking price<\/em><\/strong>. Of all active listings during the week in the Mid-Atlantic, 8.8% had a price decrease, which is a full percentage point higher from the same week last year. The share of listings with a price drop has steadily increased over the past seven weeks and sits well above the price cut activity over the past three years.<\/em><\/p>\n

Supply growing at a rapid pace<\/em><\/strong>. There were 35,013 active listings for the week, another uptick from last week by 3.5%. Active listings are now 26.6% higher than the same week last year, soaring well above supply for the last three years. <\/em>The Washington metro area and the North Central Virginia regions are seeing relatively larger supply gains compared to other Bright MLS metro areas.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A snapshot of MLS’s coverage area<\/strong> shows that active listings were up 26.6% for the week ending April 6 compared to the same period last year. Week-over-week, listings rose by 3.5%.<\/p>\n

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In Washington, DC<\/strong>, active listings were up 44.2% versus the same period one year ago.\u00a0Week-over-week, listings rose 5.3.%\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Visualizing the data…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The weekly snapshot in North Central Virginia<\/strong> also showed a continuation of supply flooding the market. For the week ending April 6, active listings were up 45.7% versus a year ago, and up 5.3% over the prior week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Visualizing the data…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The surge in housing supply in D.C.<\/strong> and the surrounding areas comes as 280,000 federal workers have been laid off<\/a> over the past two months due to DOGE-related efforts.<\/p>\n

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Daily Mail spoke with D.C. residents who warned that people are “afraid of a recession” and have halted “making big purchases.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 04\/09\/2025 – 19:40<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/dc-housing-market-swamped-supply-growing-rapid-pace-recession-fears-soar<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Supply Growing At Rapid Pace”: D.C. Housing Glut Deepens Amid Recession Jitters The latest housing data from Bright MLS, covering the Washington, D.C. metro area…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1529502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1529501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1529502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}