second quarter. this is the first time since 2011 that the selling time has got shorter.
at the same time, the supply of homes for sale also declined slightly. in the entire market, there are around 225,000 homes for sale, compared with 230,000 in the second quarter. compared with the fourth quarter of 2012, the top of the market in terms of homes on offer, there are now 10,000 fewer homes on offer, or nearly 6 percent fewer. 