Delistings spike in housing market.

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via WSJ:

An uptick in December delistings is the latest sign of dysfunction in America’s housing market.
Nearly 73,000 homes were pulled from sale after they failed to find a buyer in the final month of last year, data from real-estate analytics firm CoreLogic show.
Delistings tend to spike in winter when fewer people are actively looking for a home. But the trend last December was unusually strong, representing almost one in 10 properties on the market, and a 64% increase from the same month of 2023.
Most sellers are pulling their homes only temporarily and think they will have a stronger hand if they relist in spring. But the jump in delistings indicates that much of the extra inventory that hit the housing market throughout 2024 sat unsold, so had to be pulled in higher numbers come winter. It also suggests there is a bit more pent-up desire to sell than headline inventory figures would indicate.