October brought encouraging signs for the housing market, with home sales up 3.2% compared to October 2024 across 51 metro areas surveyed. It was the fifth month in 2025 where sales exceeded last year’s levels. Month over month, homes sales also increased, rising 1.7% from September defying traditional seasonal dips.

However, homes took an extra week to sell, averaging 50 days on the market, an increase from 43 days a year ago and up two days from last month’s 48 days.

Inventory remained higher than last year (+15.9%), offering buyers more choices, even as it eased slightly from September (-3.0%).

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