Rosenberg Daily - Housing. Sigh.

Rosenberg, 8.25: Home listings actually rose 2.5% MoM in July so with sales sagging at a record rate, the inventory backlog surged to 12.5 months’ supply from 8.9 months in June and 8.3 months in May (and 7.8 months at the turn of the year). That is a record but there is only a limited history since the data include condos where the inventory backlog has soared to an all-time high of 16.5 months’ supply from 10.7 in June. For single-family housing, housing inventory skyrocketed to a 27- year high of 11.9 months’ supply, breaking above the prior 2008 peak of 11 months. Unless the laws of supply and demand have been repealed as they pertain to the residential real estate market, one would have to be of the view that more house price deflation is coming our way.