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M REPORT | 53 O R I G I NAT I O N S E R V I C I N G DATA G O V E R N M E N T S E C O N DA R Y M A R K E T THE LATEST DATA Available Homes For Sale Drops Rate of growth for home prices slows in April to less than 5%. R edfin states that homes for sale in April fell 22.5% year over year, as did the share of new homes listed for sale (-42.4%) and the number of homes available for sales (-24.5%). Home prices were up from the year prior, but the rate of growth in the U.S. median home-sale price fell slightly to 4.9% annually. This is down from 6.9% in March. The average sale price in April was $303,895. April home sales fell 23% across the nation from March—the largest decline on record going back to January 2012. The prior largest drop was 8.8% recorded in December 2018. Home sales rose by 0.8% in March 2020. The markets that saw the largest decline were also among the most expensive: San Francisco (-53.9%) and New York (-45.8%). Detroit was on this list, with an annual decline of 46.8%. "The supply of homes for sale declined even more dramatically than homebuyer demand in April," Redfin Lead Economist Taylor Marr said. "While home sales fell the most in more expensive markets, in more affordable areas prices continued to increase. Even during the depths of the slow- down last month the market was still faster and more competitive than it was a year earlier." Some of the nation's most affordable housing markets are seeing price gains. Nine of the top 10 metros where home prices rose year over year still had median prices below the national level. Detroit led the nation with an average home price of $159,900, which is a 27.9% increase. Other markets that posted increases were Memphis, Tennessee ($217,000), and Philadelphia ($250,000). Only one of the 85 largest metro areas Redfin tracks saw a year-over-year decline in the median sale price: San Francisco at -0.2%. None of the 85 largest metros tracked by Redfin posted an annual increase in active listings of homes for sales. The small- est declines were in Greenville, South Carolina (-7.6%), El Paso, Texas (-8%), and Omaha, Nebraska (-10.2%). The largest declines in active housing supply were Allentown, Pennsylvania (-55.4%); Kansas City, Missouri (-48.8%); and Tulsa (-48.5%).