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Months' Supply of Homes

Months it would take to sell the for-sale new-home inventory.

Months' Supply of Homes
9.3
Months · latest, Jun 2026
vs prior month▼ 1.1%
vs year ago▲ 3.3%
1969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 19701973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 19751980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 19801981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 19821990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 19912001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 20204.06.08.010.012.01970198019902000201020209.3
Months' Supply of Homes — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
YearMonths' Supply of Homes
19636.1
19645.5
19654.4
19666.3
19674.7
19685.2
19696.1
19704.7
19715.1
19726.5
197310.1
197410.3
19755.8
19765.6
19776.0
19786.1
19798.6
19807.6
19817.1
19825.8
19834.7
19847.3
19855.8
19865.5
19877.6
19886.8
19897.0
19908.5
19916.2
19925.0
19934.5
19946.6
19956.4
19965.0
19974.4
19983.8
19994.3
20003.6
20013.8
20024.0
20034.0
20044.1
20054.9
20066.5
20079.6
200811.2
20098.0
20107.0
20115.3
20124.5
20135.2
20145.1
20155.1
20165.4
20175.6
20187.6
20195.5
20204.1
20215.7
20228.8
20238.6
20248.4
20257.9
20269.3

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Source: FRED · MSACSR · series · Jan 1963 to Jun 2026 · latest-revised

Refreshed Jul 31, 2026 from FRED.

Months it would take to sell the for-sale new-home inventory.

Months it would take to sell the current for-sale inventory of new houses at the current sales pace.

Source: FRED · Jun 2026 · Full lesson → Learn

About the bands. Shaded spans are NBER-dated US recessions, drawn as factual overlays. They mark when the economy contracted, not why. Lining an event up with a move is not evidence it caused the move.