Albuquerque Weekly Housing Market Trends
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Southwest MLS · Updated Nov 9, 2026, 2:41 pm MST
Detached homes across the 67-area SWMLS service area, a broader geography than the Albuquerque metro. Weeks run Saturday–Friday in America/Denver.
How fast are Albuquerque-area homes going under contract?
For the week ending 2026-11-06, homes with a reported contract date that week had a median reported days on market of 32.5 days and an average of 46.0 days. The median uses 170 eligible homes. The prior week’s median was 21.5 days. This measures the speed of homes securing contracts during the week; it does not measure how long every unsold home has been listed.
What are this week’s supply and demand signals?
The retained MLS records show 170 homes with a contract date during the week and 188 homes with an on-market date during the week. Estimated average active inventory was 2,208 homes. The median original asking price of newly listed homes was $384,995. Asking prices reflect the mix of homes entering the market and do not establish a change in home values.
Recent weekly days to contract history
Reported days on market for homes with a contract date in each week. Zero-day contracts are included; missing or invalid DOM is excluded. The median and average use individual eligible homes, not averages of weekly medians.
| Week ending | Median DOM (days) | Average DOM (days) | Eligible homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | 32.5 | 46.0 | 170 |
| 2026-10-30 | 21.5 | 43.1 | 178 |
| 2026-10-23 | 30.5 | 54.4 | 156 |
| 2026-10-16 | 32.0 | 55.1 | 170 |
| 2026-10-09 | 32.5 | 47.9 | 144 |
| 2026-10-02 | 28.0 | 47.5 | 155 |
| 2026-09-25 | 31.5 | 48.8 | 168 |
| 2026-09-18 | 28.0 | 51.9 | 152 |
| 2026-09-11 | 28.0 | 44.6 | 165 |
| 2026-09-04 | 22.5 | 42.0 | 182 |
| 2026-08-28 | 25.0 | 44.1 | 170 |
| 2026-08-21 | 27.0 | 45.4 | 189 |
Weekly housing market metrics and definitions
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| Measure | Latest value | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Active inventory (estimated average) | 2,208 homes | Estimated average daily active inventory reconstructed from retained listing dates. Not Friday-end observed stock. |
| Under-contract inventory (estimated average) | 812.3 homes | Estimated average daily Pending plus Active Under Contract inventory reconstructed from retained dates. |
| New listings | 188 homes | Retained OnMarketDate entries during the Saturday–Friday week; returns under the same listing key are separate. Before 2007 withheld for incomplete unsold history. |
| New contracts | 170 homes | Latest retained reported contract date falls in the week, regardless of current status. Earlier overwritten contracts may be missing. |
| Contracts per new listing | 0.90 contracts per new listing | Reported contracts divided by on-market entries in the same week. These are different cohorts, not a listing acceptance probability. |
| Median DOM of homes securing contracts | 32.5 days | Median nonnegative latest retained DOM for the reported contract-date cohort. Historical DOM is not a frozen observation at contract acceptance. |
| Average DOM of homes securing contracts | 46.0 days | Arithmetic mean of the same nonnegative DOM cohort. Zero and extreme positive values remain included; no trimming. |
| Median original asking price of new listings | $384,995 | Median positive original asking price of retained OnMarketDate entries. A changing home mix can change the median. |
Albuquerque weekly housing market questions
Is Albuquerque a buyer’s or seller’s market?
Contract speed, inventory and new contracts help describe negotiating conditions together. No single week or automatic score establishes a buyer’s or seller’s market; compare several weeks and the same season in earlier years. Conditions also vary by neighborhood and price range.
Are home prices falling in Albuquerque?
This weekly tracker reports original asking prices for newly listed homes. Changes can reflect a different mix of homes rather than falling values. Use the monthly closed-sales report for completed sales and compare consistent property types and geography.
Is this weekly data based on closed sales?
No. Weekly contract speed groups homes by their reported contract date. Contracts may later fall through. Closed sales and sale prices are covered in the separate monthly report.
What happened to the Altos Market Action Index?
This page is transitioning from Altos Research to Southwest MLS data. The proprietary Altos Market Action Index is retired in this replacement. The broader SWMLS service area and changed metric definitions mean these series should not be spliced into Altos MSA history.
Are sellers reducing prices or relisting homes?
This replacement does not yet publish price-reduction or relisting rates. Complete observed event windows are required before those measures can be added. Unavailable measures are not zero.
What should buyers and sellers watch each week?
Watch median and average contract DOM alongside new contracts, new listings and estimated inventory. A longer average than median shows that slower-moving listings affect the average. Compare several weeks before drawing a trend conclusion.
Source, methodology and citing this data
Compiled by Venturi Realty Group from Southwest MLS. Coverage: SWMLS service area, detached residential homes; broader than the Albuquerque metro. Inventory is a reconstructed weekly average, not a Friday snapshot. Contract counts use the latest retained reported contract date; they are not a complete event ledger of every transition into pending.
Retained historical facts may revise. Early contract history is sparse; history availability differs by metric. This geography and methodology differ from the retired Altos Albuquerque MSA series. No source series are spliced.
Some early contract weeks are sparse. Historical DOM is the currently retained reported DOM, not a frozen acceptance-time snapshot; relistings and later corrections can revise it. Calendar elapsed days from listing to contract is a different measure.
Suggested citation: Venturi Realty Group, Southwest MLS, SWMLS service area detached homes, week ending 2026-11-06. Include the metric name, geography, reporting week and access date when using these figures.
Download the complete weekly dataset as JSON · Albuquerque monthly housing market report and closed-sales trends
What the weekly numbers mean for sellers and buyers
If you are thinking about selling, read how to sell your home in Albuquerque. If you are buying, see our step-by-step guide to buying a house in Albuquerque. For closed sales and longer history, see the monthly Albuquerque housing market report.